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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?
「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 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」.
