feather

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of a feather, depicting a feather with two wings opening on either side, resembling a bird raising its wings in flight. Over time, this image was formalized in seal script and evolved into the modern character form.

Mnemonic: Picture two wings spreading wide from a feather in flight — remember this radical by visualizing the two curved strokes opening outward like feathered wings.

• 羽yǔ🔊

  feather

  6 strokes

• 羿Yì🔊

  surname Yi

  9 strokes

• 翅chì🔊

  variant of 翅[chi4]

  10 strokes

• 翁wēng🔊

  elderly man

  10 strokes

• 翀chōng🔊

  soar

  10 strokes

• 翃hóng🔊

  to swarm (of insects)

  10 strokes

• 䎃rǎn🔊

  (ornithology) down

  11 strokes

• 翊yì🔊

  assist

  11 strokes

• 翌yì🔊

  bright

  11 strokes

• 翎líng🔊

  tail feathers

  11 strokes

• 翏liù🔊

  the sound of the wind

  11 strokes

• 习xí🔊

  (bound form) to practice

  11 strokes

• 翘qiào🔊

  to stick up

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 翔xiáng🔊

  to soar

  12 strokes

• 翕xī🔊

  to open and close (the mouth etc)

  12 strokes

• 翖xī🔊

  old variant of 翕[xi1]

  12 strokes

• 翙huì🔊

  noise of bird's wings

  12 strokes

• 翚huī🔊

  pheasant

  12 strokes

• 翛shù🔊

  hastiness

  12 strokes

• 翠cuì🔊

  bluish-green

  14 strokes

• 翟dí🔊

  long-tail pheasant

  14 strokes

• 翡fěi🔊

  used in 翡翠[fei3 cui4]

  14 strokes

• 翣shà🔊

  wooden fan carried in procession

  14 strokes

• 翥zhù🔊

  to soar

  14 strokes

• 翩piān🔊

  to fly fast

  15 strokes

• 翦jiǎn🔊

  variant of 剪[jian3]

  15 strokes

• 翪zōng🔊

  uneven flight of a bird

  15 strokes

• 翮hé🔊

  quill

  16 strokes

• 翯hè🔊

  glistening plumage of birds

  16 strokes

• 翰hàn🔊

  writing brush

  16 strokes

• 翱áo🔊

  see 翱翔[ao2 xiang2]

  16 strokes

• 翼yì🔊

  wing

  17 strokes

• 翳yì🔊

  variant of 翳[yi4]

  17 strokes

• 翻fān🔊

  variant of 翻[fan1]

  HSK 4

  18 strokes

• 翾xuān🔊

  flirtatious

  19 strokes

• 耀yào🔊

  brilliant

  20 strokes