Chinese symbol for “fly”
飞
fēi
Traditional: 飛
to fly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fly is 飞 (fēi), defined as: to fly.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “fly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飞行 (飛行) | fēi xíng | to fly; flight |
| 蝇 (蠅) | yíng | fly; musca |
| 航行 | háng xíng | to sail; to fly |
| 航 | háng | boat; ship |
| 飘扬 (飄揚) | piāo yáng | to wave; to flutter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 飞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飞机 (飛機) | fēi jī | airplane; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 飞行 (飛行) | fēi xíng | to fly; flight |
| 起飞 (起飛) | qǐ fēi | (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly |
| 飞行员 (飛行員) | fēi xíng yuán | pilot; aviator |
| 飞弹 (飛彈) | fēi dàn | (Tw) missile; stray bullet |
| 飞船 (飛船) | fēi chuán | spaceship; spacecraft |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.