While 深い (ふかい) means "profound; deep; dense", 箆 (へら, の), as a noun, means
"spatula; arrow shaft" in japanese and, originally, "fine-toothed comb" in
chinese.

This word is used adverbially in this sentence:

> 箆深く射された矢がなかった。

箆深く could mean something like "deep as an arrow" or "arrow-like deep", but
would it not be redundant if it appears before 矢?
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What would 箆深い (のぶかい) mean?
> 「箆深{のぶか}く射{さ}された矢{や}がなかった。」

「箆{の}」, in this context, means a " **bamboo arrow shaft** ". There is indeed a
「竹」 ("bamboo") radical used at the top of the kanji.

「箆深{のぶか}し」 is an adjective which
[大辞林](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AF%A6%E6%B7%B1%E3%81%97%E3%83%BB%E7%AE%86%E6%B7%B1%E3%81%97-354741)
defines as:

> 矢が根元{ねもと}まで深くささっている。
>
> "(of an arrow) stuck through (an object)"

「箆深く」 is the 連用形 of 「箆深し」 functioning adverbially.

The arrow was not there to see.

> 箆深く could mean something like "deep as an arrow" or "arrow-like deep", but
> would it not be redundant if it appears before 矢?

I personally see no redundancy here as 「矢」 does not appear _directly_ in the
adjective 「箆深く」.
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