翼 — Chinese character
翼
yì
wings, fins; shelter
- Pinyin
- yì
- Radical
- 124 ⽻ (Feather)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 羽 異
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wings; meaning component 羽; sound component 異
- Japanese
- 翼 as a kanji
Common words with 翼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 左翼 | zuǒ yì | left-wing (political) |
| 右翼 | yòu yì | the right flank; (politically) right-wing |
| 小心翼翼 | xiǎo xīn yì yì | (idiom) cautious; careful; prudent |
| 机翼 (機翼) | jī yì | wing (of an aircraft) |
| 两翼 (兩翼) | liǎng yì | both wings (of a bird, aircraft or building); (military) both flanks |
| 羽翼 | yǔ yì | wing; (fig.) assistant |
| 尾翼 | wěi yì | empennage (of an aircraft); fletching (of an arrow); fins (of a missile, rocket etc); rear spoiler (of a car) |
| 极右翼 (極右翼) | jí yòu yì | extreme right (politics) |
| 旋翼 | xuán yì | rotor wing |
| 翼展 | yì zhǎn | wingspan |
| 不翼而飞 (不翼而飛) | bù yì ér fēi | to disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden |
| 如虎添翼 | rú hǔ tiān yì | lit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom) |
English words written with 翼
翼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 15
- Analects 10.3
- Analects 10.4
- Art of War 12.4
- Hexagram 36
- Mencius 3A.4
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
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