Chinese Character Wiki
羽

yǔ

feather

Pictograph of feathers.

Evolution

羽 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
羽 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
羽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
羽 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
羽 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

羽  

yǔ

feather, plume; wings; rad. 124; feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale

Most common words with 羽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

羽毛

feather

羽

feather

羽毛球

shuttlecock

羽绒服

down-filled garment

羽绒

down (soft feathers)

Component uses

Meaning component in 23 characters (2 verified)

翻 翰 翼 扇 翅 翁 翠 翔 翘 翹 榻 翩 翎 翟 翡 翱 翊 翦 羿 翳 翕 翥 翮

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

栩 詡 诩

Unknown component in 6 characters (0 verified)

塌 蹋 鳎 遢 溻 褟

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aʔ

hjuX

yǔ

feather, wing


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 3.7802% of movies

2492nd most common character in movies

1865th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+7FBD

Shuowen

“羽，鳥長毛也。象形。”


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