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Kanji Detail for 翔 - "to soar, to fly"
翔
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Meaning
翔 means "to soar, to fly." Also associated with detailed.
Soar - To fly high; to glide.
Fly - To move through the air.
Detailed - Thorough; comprehensive.
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Origin of 翔
羊, lending the reading sho, beside 羽, wings: to soar — flight with the wings spread wide, circling on the wind rather than beating against it.
How to remember it: Wings 羽 riding the air in wide circles — not flapping, soaring: 翔.
Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com
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Tattoo check: 翔
- Verified meaning: to soar, to fly
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read かける, かけれ, しょう, しょうじ)
- Also carries these associations: detailed
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.
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Name readings of 翔
Given names 翔(かける)
翔(かけれ)
翔(しょう)
翔(せすな)
翔(つばさ)
翔(なつる)
翔(はゆる)
翔(やすら)
翔(ゆき)
Surnames 翔(しょうじ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
soar; fly
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
soar, glide, hover; detailed
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to soar; to glide; variant of 詳|详[xiang2]; (slang) shit
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to soar, to hover, to glide
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To circle in flight. (Analects) "Circle and then alight." Also 翱翔 means to roam freely. | Interchangeable with 詳 (detailed). When something is certain and thorough, it is called 翔實 (reliable and detailed). Based on (Book of Han, Western Regions).
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 翔
Shota said that he was shy about seeing her.
You're Daisho? Up till now you've really lorded it over us haven't you?
ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。
What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.