Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

翼: wing, plane

Also: flank

JLPT N117 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

羽 carries the meaning · 異 gives the sound

17 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ヨクyoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 右翼うよくright wing
  • 左翼さよくleft wing
  • 一翼いちよくone wing
  • 主翼しゅよくmain wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)
  • 両翼りょうよくboth wings; both flanks

つばさtsubasa · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 翼つばさwing

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
More in the 羽 feather story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
羽

Also built on feather (羽)

All 7
異

Also built on uncommon (異)

The 異 sound family doesn't share one reading.

翼 gives its sound to

The family reading is ヨク (yoku). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ヨク

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
翼 wing · 羽
vs戴 be crowned with · 𢦏
翼 has 羽 where 戴 has 𢦏.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yì

Same form: 翼 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
翼 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
翼 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yì 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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