翼 – wing, plane, flank

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The kanji 翼 means wing, plane, flank. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨク (yoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つばさ (tsubasa). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 羽 (no. 124).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨク	yoku
Kun’yomi	つばさ	tsubasa

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: 羽 (Kangxi radical 124). Components: ｜・一・羽・田・二・ハ・冫・井.

Words using 翼

翼つばさwing

Example sentences

それは翼の全長が約４インチある。

It has a wingspan of about four inches.

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Kanji with the same radical

習羽翌翻

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