The kanji 翼: meaning, readings and stroke order

翼

Meaning: wing
On reading: ヨク yoku
Kun reading: つばさ tsubasa
Strokes: 17
Radical: 羽 feather
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cánh (dực)
Japanese: つばさ。はね。
Korean: 날개 (익)
Chinese: 翅膀、机翼

Readings, words and example sentences

ヨク yoku · on reading · less common

主しゅ翼よく
main wing (of a plane)
飛行機の 主しゅ翼よくを見ます。
I look at the main wings of the airplane.

つばさ tsubasa · kun reading

翼つばさ
wing
鳥が大きな 翼つばさを広げます。
The bird spreads its big wings.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.