漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
翔: soar, fly
JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
羊 and 羽 carry the meaning
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 飛翔ひしょうflight; flying; soaring
- 翔破しょうはcompleting a flight
かけるkakeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 翔るかけるto soar; to fly
Also read とぶ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Spread your wings and fly! This radical represents the lightness of birds, the incredible speed of flight, and the delicate beauty of a single feather.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiáng
Same form: 翔 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 翔 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 翔 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiáng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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