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Kanji Detail for 翼 - "wing"

翼

  • Meaning

    翼 means "wing." Also associated with to help, tomorrow.

    1. Wing - The left and right wings of birds or insects.

    2. To help - To assist; to support; to protect.

    3. Tomorrow - The next day.

  • Words using 翼

    • 右翼 うよく Listen right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.)
    • 左翼 さよく Listen left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.)
    • 一翼 いちよく Listen one wing; (a) role; (a) part

  • Four-character idioms with 翼

    • 比翼連理 ひよくれんり Listen marital vows

  • Tattoo check: 翼

    • Verified meaning: wing
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たすく, つばさ, まもる, よく)
    • Also carries these associations: to help, tomorrow

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 翼

    Given names 翼(たすく)Listen 翼(つばさ)Listen 翼(まもる)Listen 翼(よく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wing; plane; flank

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    wings; fins on fish; shelter; 27th lunar mansion, determinative star α Crateris (Alkes)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiang4], the capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770–475 BC)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    wings, fins; shelter

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wings. Limbs on the left and right of birds and beasts on which feathers grow. Used for flying. Now the wings of flying insects are also called 翼. Such as 蟬翼 (cicada wings) and such. | To assist. Protecting from the side is called 翼. Such as 翼戴 (support). Meaning to assist. In old military organization divided into three armies, there were left and right wings. Also this meaning. | To nurture. When birds incubate eggs, it is called 翼. Such as 燕翼 (swallow's wings). Based on (Book of Odes). 卵翼 (egg-wing). Based on (Zuo Zhuan). Now planning for descendants is called 燕翼詒謀 (leaving plans for descendants like swallows for their young). Sheltering and nurturing is called 卵翼 (hatching and protecting). This is it. | Interchangeable with 翌. 翼日 means the next day. Now commonly written as 翌. | A star name. One of the twenty-eight mansions.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yoku(ヨク) ヨク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsubasa(つばさ) つばさ

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    羽 (hane)

  • Related Keywords

    wing to help tomorrow aerial bird feather flight flutter fly glide soar support assist

Sentences including 翼

  • Birds fly with their wings.

  • Riches have wings.

  • A bird has wings.

  • The bird spread its wings.

  • The bird spread its wings.

  • The bird flapped its wings.

  • The bird's wing was broken.

  • The crow spread his wings.

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

  • On the wings of Time grief flies away.

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