羽 — Chinese character
羽
yǔ
feather, plume; wings
- Pinyin
- yǔ
- Radical
- 124 ⽻ (Feather)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 习 习
- Formation
- pictographic — Two feathers or wings
- Japanese
- 羽 as a kanji
Common words with 羽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 羽毛 | yǔ máo | feather; plumage |
| 羽毛球 | yǔ máo qiú | badminton; shuttlecock |
| 党羽 (黨羽) | dǎng yǔ | henchmen |
| 羽球 | yǔ qiú | badminton; shuttlecock |
| 羽翼 | yǔ yì | wing; (fig.) assistant |
| 羽绒 (羽絨) | yǔ róng | down (soft feathers) |
| 羽绒服 (羽絨服) | yǔ róng fú | down jacket; down coat |
| 羽化 | yǔ huà | levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven |
| 尾羽 | wěi yǔ | tail feathers |
| 羽林 | yǔ lín | armed escort |
| 羽冠 | yǔ guān | feathered crest (of bird) |
| 铩羽而归 (鎩羽而歸) | shā yǔ ér guī | (idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions |
English words written with 羽
羽 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 5
- Analects 14.9
- Hexagram 53
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 1B.1
- Mencius 5A.3
- Mencius 6A.3
- Mencius 6B.1
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
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