The kanji 飛: meaning, readings and stroke order

飛

Meaning: fly
On reading: ヒ hi
Kun reading: と（ぶ） tobu、と（ばす） tobasu
Strokes: 9
Radical: 飛 fly
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bay (phi)
Japanese: とぶ。とばす。
Korean: 날다 (비)
Chinese: 飞

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒ hi · on reading

飛ひ行こう
flying, flight
鳥の 飛ひ行こうをよく見ます。
I watch closely how birds fly.

と（ぶ） tobu · kun reading

飛とぶ
to fly
鳥が空を 飛とびます。
Birds fly in the sky.

と（ばす） tobasu · kun reading

飛とばす
to make (something) fly
紙飛行機を 飛とばします。
I fly a paper airplane.

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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.