鏃

Meaning “arrowhead”, the sharp metal tip attached to the front of an arrow. It refers specifically to the weapon component, not to the arrow shaft or the act of shooting.

A phono-semantic compound:

金 “metal” — semantic component, indicates the material (metal weapon part)

族 (zú) — phonetic component, provides the sound

This structure clearly situates 鏃 in the semantic field of metal weapons.

鏃 belongs to the micro-component level of weapon terminology.

Related characters (weapon components):

箭 — arrow (whole projectile)

矢 — arrow (general term, shaft-focused)

鏑 — arrowhead (another arrowhead term)

鋒 — blade edge (sharp metal point)

刃 — blade (cutting edge)