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翼

yì

wings

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 異 represents the sound.

Components
羽 meaning component

羽  Meaning component

yǔ

  

feather

異 sound component

異  Sound component

yì

  

different

Evolution

翼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
翼 Bronze script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Bronze script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
翼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翼 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
翼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

翼  

yì

wings; fins on fish; shelter; wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌

翼  

Yì

surname Yi; alternative name for 絳|绛[Jiàng] capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)

Most common words with 翼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

翼

wing

小心翼翼

prudent

右翼

the right flank

左翼

left-wing (political)

机翼

wing (of an aircraft)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢʷrəp (dialect: *-p > *-k)

yik

yì

wing


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.7115% of movies

2094th most common character in movies

1294th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Unicode

U+7FFC

Shuowen

“，翄也。从飛，異聲。翼，篆文从羽。”


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