⾶
fly
fēi (fei1)
Radical no. 183 · 9 strokes (第 183 部首 · 9 画 dì 183 bùshǒu · 9 huà)
Radical ⾶ (fēi) — meaning: fly, 9 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
The fly radical is a pictograph depicting a bird's wings and body in flight. In oracle-bone script, it was drawn as a bird with outstretched wings.
Mnemonic: Picture the glyph as a bird with two wings spread wide, ready to soar into the sky.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
1 characters- 䬠fēi
old variant of 霏[fei1]
17 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.