Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound. Simplified form of 翄.
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Historical Evolution
翅
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
翅
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
翅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
翅 [chì]
wing
Japanese
wing (of an insect)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
翅 つばさ
Tsubasa surname
CHINESE WORDS (184)
翅膀 [chìbǎng] #4,700
wing
展翅 [zhǎnchì] #23,160
to spread wings
鱼翅 [yúchì] #30,334
shark fin
鱼翅 [yúchì] #30,334
shark fin
展翅高飞 [zhǎnchìgāofēi] #46,060
to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
展翅高飞 [zhǎnchìgāofēi] #46,060
to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
插翅难飞 [chāchìnánfēi] #51,693
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
插翅难飞 [chāchìnánfēi] #51,693
lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
金翅雀 [jīnchìquè] #55,452
(bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
鳞翅目 [línchìmù] #58,582
Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
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JAPANESE WORDS (42)
鶸 [ひわ] #141,139
cardueline finch (any finch of subfamily Carduelinae, esp. the Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus)
翅脈 [しみゃく] #151,134
wing veins (of an insect)
前翅 [ぜんし] #182,081
fore-wing (of insect)
後翅 [こうし] #190,675
hindwing
鱗翅目 [りんしもく] #229,063
Lepidoptera
網翅目 [もうしもく] #231,313
Dictyoptera (order of insects comprising the cockroaches and the mantids)
膜翅目 [まくしもく] #240,451
Hymenoptera
日本鱗翅学会 [にっぽんりんしがっかい] #246,132
Lepidopterological Society of Japan
翅翼 [しよく] #262,988
wing (of a bird, etc.)
翅鞘 [ししょう] #267,403
elytron
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