which is a Bow and a Arrow. It is a pictography character.
The bronze script for Shoot is
We can see a bow, arrow, and a hand on the right.
Its small seal script is
The left is Body
which is from big seal script
the middle half ball is belly of a pregnant lady, the dot inside is the unborn baby. Ancient Chinese use the body of pregnant to emphasize the Body. The small seal script is similar to the big seal script buy the dot becomes a short line.
The right is Chinese Inch
which is from big seal script
The character means that people shoot through the Body, using hand. I don't know why it changed so dramatically. Probably, there were two or more characters for Shoot, people finally agreed the ideogram one.
Its clerical script is
similar to its small seal script.
Its current standard printing script is
射
same as the clerical script.
Its Pinyin is "She4".
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