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翼

翼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つばさ。
  2. たすける。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「羽」 + 音符「異」。「つばさ」を意味する漢語｛翼｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wing, plane, flank

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ヨクJHS
Kun (native)
  • つばさJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글ig
  • Hán-ViệtDực

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
羽(はね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7FFC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱羽異

Words using this kanji

  • 翼つばさ（つばさ）鳥や航空機などの飛翔体が備え、空気中での飛行のために使用される構造。wing, Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), counter for birds or bird wings
  • 翼々よくよくprudent, very careful
  • 翼賛よくさん力を添えて助けること。 天子などを補佐して政治を行うこと。supporting (e.g. a government), backing up, assistance, countenance
  • 翼状よくじょう鳥が翼を広げた（また、そのような）形状。wing shape
  • 翼棟よくとうwing (of a building)
  • 翼竜よくりゅう翼竜目に属する爬虫類の総称。学名:Pterosauria。pterosaur
  • 翼鏡よくきょうspeculum (bright patch on the wings of ducks)
  • 翼廊よくろうtransept
  • 翼果よっか果皮の一部が膜状に突出して翼のようになったもの。風に乗って飛散するようになっている。翅果。samara, key
  • 翼下よっか鳥などの翼の下。 勢力下。保護下。under the wing (esp. of an aircraft), under one's wing, under one's control
  • 翼長よくちょう翼の長さ。特に、鳥類の翼の長さ。wing length (esp. of a bird), wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
  • 翼形よくがたairfoil profile, aerofoil profile, wing section
  • 翼葉よくようpetiole wing (leaf)
  • 翼幅よくふく鳥類や飛行機などの翼の両端の長さ。スパン。wingspan
  • 翼端よくたんwing tip, wingtip
  • 翼桁よくけた(wing) spar
  • 翼手目よくしゅもく《分類学》 コウモリ目の、かつての標準和名、現在の異称。学名（ラテン語形）"' " の漢訳名。Chiroptera (order of bats)
  • 翼面積よくめんせきwing area
  • 翼鰓類よくさいるいpterobranchs (hemichordates of class Pterobranchia)
  • 翼甲類よくこうるいpteraspids (extinct armoured jawless fishes)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-11
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1780.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o15.2
Heisig
1937
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3680