piān

fly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
羽 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

feather

扁 sound component

  Sound component

biǎnpiān

  

flat

Evolution

翩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

piān

fly, flutter; to fly fast

Most common words with 翩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

翩翩起舞

(to start) dancing lightly and gracefully

翩翩

elegant

浮想联翩

to let one's imagination roam

to fly fast

翩跹

spry and lively (of dancing and movements)