翼 in Chinese / Japanese...

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yì

yoku / tsubasa

익

翼 is the shortest way to say “wing” or “wings” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

This can be the wings of a bird or aircraft (including the rotors of a helicopter or rotor wing).

Single characters like this are often ambiguous and have many additional meanings. This character, depending on the context, can mean the following:
Area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; The Chinese surname Yi; “Wings” constellation (one of the 28 mansions of Chinese astronomy).

翼 is also a Japanese name that romanizes as Tsubasa and can refer to the Japanese manga series Tsubasa.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
翼 see styles	yì yi4 i tsubasa(p); yoku つばさ(P); よく	More info & calligraphy: Wings wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌 (1) wing; (2) (よく only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (suf,ctr) (3) (よく only) (archaism) counter for birds or bird wings; (female given name) Yoku assist
一翼 see styles	ichiyoku いちよく	一翼 Custom Scroll (1) one wing; (2) (a) role; (a) part
上翼 see styles	jouyoku / joyoku じょうよく	上翼 Custom Scroll upper wing of a plane
両翼 see styles	ryouyoku / ryoyoku りょうよく	両翼 Custom Scroll both wings; both flanks
主翼 see styles	shuyoku しゅよく	主翼 Custom Scroll main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)
二翼 see styles	èr yì er4 yi4 erh i niyoku	二翼 Custom Scroll A pair of wings: charity and wisdom.
低翼 see styles	teiyoku / teyoku ていよく	低翼 Custom Scroll (noun - becomes adjective with の) low-wing
作翼 see styles	zuò yì zuo4 yi4 tso i sayoku	作翼 Custom Scroll lend assistance (?)
元翼 see styles	gensuke げんすけ	元翼 Custom Scroll (given name) Gensuke
光翼 see styles	miyoku みよく	光翼 Custom Scroll (female given name) Miyoku
兩翼两翼 see styles	liǎng yì liang3 yi4 liang i ryō yoku	兩翼 Custom Scroll two wings
利翼 see styles	toshisuke としすけ	利翼 Custom Scroll (given name) Toshisuke
副翼 see styles	fù yì fu4 yi4 fu i	副翼 Custom Scroll aileron (aeronautics)
千翼 see styles	chihiro ちひろ	千翼 Custom Scroll (female given name) Chihiro
厳翼 see styles	genyoku げんよく	厳翼 Custom Scroll (given name) Gen'yoku
友翼 see styles	yuusuke / yusuke ゆうすけ	友翼 Custom Scroll (given name) Yūsuke
双翼 see styles	souyoku / soyoku そうよく	双翼 Custom Scroll (noun - becomes adjective with の) both wings
右翼 see styles	yòu yì you4 yi4 yu i uyoku(p); uyoku(sk) うよく(P); ウヨク(sk)	右翼 Custom Scroll the right flank; (politically) right-wing (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (ant: 左翼・1) right wing (politics); (2) right wing (of a bird or aircraft); (3) right wing (of an army, building, etc.); right flank; (4) {baseb} right field; right fielder; (5) {sports} right wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.); (6) high (academic) standing; high class ranking
大翼 see styles	tsubasa つばさ	大翼 Custom Scroll (female given name) Tsubasa
天翼 see styles	tenyoku てんよく	天翼 Custom Scroll (female given name) Ten'yoku
実翼 see styles	miyoku みよく	実翼 Custom Scroll (female given name) Miyoku
尾翼 see styles	wěi yì wei3 yi4 wei i biyoku びよく	尾翼 Custom Scroll empennage (of an aircraft); fletching (of an arrow); fins (of a missile, rocket etc); rear spoiler (of a car) tail (of an aircraft); empennage; tail assembly
左翼 see styles	zuǒ yì zuo3 yi4 tso i sayoku(p); sayoku(sk) さよく(P); サヨク(sk)	左翼 Custom Scroll left-wing (political) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (ant: 右翼・1) left wing (politics); (2) left wing (of a bird or aircraft); (3) left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; (4) {baseb} left field; left fielder; (5) {sports} left wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.)
心翼 see styles	tsubasa つばさ	心翼 Custom Scroll (female given name) Tsubasa
恋翼 see styles	kotoha ことは	恋翼 Custom Scroll (female given name) Kotoha
慧翼 see styles	keisuke / kesuke けいすけ	慧翼 Custom Scroll (given name) Keisuke
扶翼 see styles	fuyoku ふよく	扶翼 Custom Scroll (noun, transitive verb) (form) help; aid; support; assistance
折翼 see styles	zhé yì zhe2 yi4 che i setsu yoku	折翼 Custom Scroll break [a bird's] wings
旋翼 see styles	xuán yì xuan2 yi4 hsüan i	旋翼 Custom Scroll rotor wing
晩翼 see styles	maniku まんいく	晩翼 Custom Scroll (personal name) Man'iku

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Wings	翼翌	yoku / tsubasa	yì / yi4 / yi	i
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.