飛 – fly, skip (pages), scatter

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#580 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 飛 means fly, skip (pages), scatter. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is と.ぶ、と.ばす、-と.ばす (tobu, tobasu, tobasu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 飛 (no. 183).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	と.ぶ	tobu
Kun’yomi	と.ばす	tobasu
Kun’yomi	-と.ばす	tobasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 飛 (Kangxi radical 183).

Words using 飛

飛ぶとぶto fly飛行機ひこうきairplane飛行場ひこうじょうairfield飛行ひこうflight飛ばすとばすto let fly飛び出すとびだすto jump out飛び込むとびこむto jump in蹴飛ばすけとばすto kick (hard)

Example sentences

飛行機は山の上を飛んだ。

The plane flew over the mountain.

Tatoeba #85643

あなたは飛行機で旅行したことがありますか。

Have you ever traveled by air?

Tatoeba #231608

その島の飛行場は、今では草がぼうぼうだ。

The airfield on the island is now covered with weeds.

Tatoeba #207492

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