Chinese symbol for “levitation”
羽化
yǔ huà
levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in Daoism) to become immortal; to die
The closest CC-CEDICT match for levitation is 羽化 (yǔ huà), defined as: levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in Daoism) to become immortal; to die; of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form; eclosion.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 羽化.
| 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) |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “levitation”.
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.