Keyword
feather
- plume
- wings
- Frequency
- #2172
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
yǔ
Mnemonic
Two feathers or wings
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
羽毛
feather; plumage; plume
羽毛球
badminton; shuttlecock
羽
feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
关羽
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty; posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
项羽
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
党羽
henchmen
羽田
Haneda (one of the two main airports serving Tokyo)
羽球
badminton; shuttlecock
羽翼
wing; (fig.) assistant
羽绒
down (soft feathers)
羽绒服
down jacket; down coat
羽化
levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in Daoism) to become immortal; to die; of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form; eclosion
尾羽
tail feathers
陆羽
Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea
羽林
armed escort
羽冠
feathered crest (of bird)
铩羽而归
(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions
羽毛球场
badminton court
羽翼丰满
fully fledged
换羽
to molt; to change feathers
羽状复叶
bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)
铩羽
(literary) (lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird; (literary) (fig.) depressed; despondent; defeated
鸟羽
pinion
吉光片羽
(lit.) a fragment of the fur of the Jiguang, a mythical beast (idiom); (fig.) precious fragment; treasured remnant