射
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archer
ㄕㄜˋ shè
Two versions of the same picture, and both are free with no account and no watermark. The first has no background at all, which is the one to send your artist — but a phone or computer photo viewer set to dark will show black strokes on dark grey and it can look like nothing downloaded. If that happens, use the second one: identical characters on a plain white background. Either way you get the characters on their own — the square and the faint guide lines you see above are not in the file. Each character is 1000px, so a two-character download is 2000×1000, and the script and layout are the ones you picked.
Script
Characters
Same in both
Layout
Rubbing mode: white on black, as a stone rubbing. The download is unaffected.
One who shoots a bow. Chinese names the act with a single character and the person with two, one of which also means Sagittarius.
Before you commit
Choose with care射 is a verb covering any kind of shooting, including firing a gun and light being emitted. It is not specific to a bow.
At small sizesTen strokes in an even left-right split. Well balanced small and comfortable on a curved placement.
Cultural note射手座 is Sagittarius. If you were born under that sign, 射手 does double duty; if not, be aware many readers will assume it is your star sign.
Meaning
To shoot; archery; to project or emit.
One of the six classical arts a gentleman was expected to master.
Other characters for “archer”
What to do next
Pick the script and layout you want above, download the PNG, and send that file to your artist. Ask them to work from the file rather than redrawing the character freehand — that is where strokes go missing.
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