翼

wing

Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingヨク

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Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

wingRtK
鳥は両翼を広げた。The bird spread its wings.tatoeba
鳥は翼を動かさず空中を滑走できる。A bird can glide through the air without moving its wings.tatoeba
plane
flank

Synonyms

Radicals and components

Radical羽feather

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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feathers · wings · uncommon · rice field (田) · brains · strung together · salad · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1937

Compound words

一翼いちよく

one wing; (a) role; (a) part

右翼うよく

right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.); right flank; right field

左翼さよく

left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field

両翼りょうよく

both wings; both flanks

羽翼うよく

wings and feathers

主翼しゅよく

main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)

上翼じょうよく

upper wing of a plane

輔翼ほよく

鵬翼ほうよく

翼廊よくろう

下げ翼さげよく

比翼塚ひよくづか

double grave of lovers who died together

翼鰓類よくさいるい

pterobranchs (hemichordates of class Pterobranchia)

右翼団体うよくだんたい

right-wing organization

小心翼々しょうしんよくよく

小心翼翼しょうしんよくよく

オルタナ右翼オルタナうよく

alt-right (ideology)

Additional Examples

鳥は翼で飛ぶ。

Birds fly with their wings.tatoeba

鳥の翼は人間の腕に相当する。

Bird's wings correspond to man's arms.tatoeba

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 翼

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step