wind

Origin & mnemonic

The wind radical (⾵) originates from a pictograph depicting wind and weather phenomena. In seal script, it is represented with flowing, curved strokes that evoke the invisible, unrestricted movement of wind.

Mnemonic: The flowing, curved shape of the wind radical resembles streams of air in motion, illustrating the free movement of wind.

• 风fēng🔊

  wind

  HSK 1

  4 strokes

• 飏yáng🔊

  to soar

  7 strokes

• 飐zhǎn🔊

  to sway in the wind

  9 strokes

• 飑biāo🔊

  whirlwind

  9 strokes

• 飒sà🔊

  sound of wind

  9 strokes

• 飓jù🔊

  used in 颶風|飓风[ju4 feng1]

  12 strokes

• 飔sī🔊

  cool breeze of autumn

  13 strokes

• 飕sōu🔊

  to blow (as of wind)

  13 strokes

• 𩙫sāo🔊

  blowing of the wind

  13 strokes

• 台tái🔊

  (classical) you (in letters)

  HSK 3

  14 strokes

• 飖yáo🔊

  floating in the air

  14 strokes

• 飗liú🔊

  soughing of wind

  14 strokes

• 刮guā🔊

  to blow (of the wind)

  HSK 6

  15 strokes

• 飘piāo🔊

  variant of 飄|飘[piao1]

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 飚biāo🔊

  variant of 飆|飙[biao1]

  16 strokes

• 飙biāo🔊

  (literary) very strong wind; gale

  16 strokes

• 飌fēng🔊

  old variant of 風|风[feng1]

  26 strokes