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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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 翼 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
翼 see styles |
yì yi4 i yoku よく |
More info & calligraphy: Wings(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 |
(1) one wing; (2) (a) role; (a) part |
上翼 see styles |
jouyoku / joyoku じょうよく |
upper wing of a plane |
両翼 see styles |
ryouyoku / ryoyoku りょうよく |
both wings; both flanks |
主翼 see styles |
shuyoku しゅよく |
main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane) |
二翼 see styles |
èr yì er4 yi4 erh i niyoku |
A pair of wings: charity and wisdom. |
低翼 see styles |
teiyoku / teyoku ていよく |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) low-wing |
作翼 see styles |
zuò yì zuo4 yi4 tso i sayoku |
lend assistance (?) |
元翼 see styles |
gensuke げんすけ |
(given name) Gensuke |
光翼 see styles |
miyoku みよく |
(female given name) Miyoku |
兩翼 两翼 see styles |
liǎng yì liang3 yi4 liang i ryō yoku |
two wings |
利翼 see styles |
toshisuke としすけ |
(given name) Toshisuke |
副翼 see styles |
fù yì fu4 yi4 fu i |
aileron (aeronautics) |
千翼 see styles |
chihiro ちひろ |
(female given name) Chihiro |
厳翼 see styles |
genyoku げんよく |
(given name) Gen'yoku |
友翼 see styles |
yuusuke / yusuke ゆうすけ |
(given name) Yūsuke |
双翼 see styles |
souyoku / soyoku そうよく |
(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) |
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 |
(female given name) Tsubasa |
天翼 see styles |
tenyoku てんよく |
(female given name) Ten'yoku |
実翼 see styles |
miyoku みよく |
(female given name) Miyoku |
尾翼 see styles |
wěi yì wei3 yi4 wei i biyoku びよく |
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) |
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 |
(female given name) Tsubasa |
恋翼 see styles |
kotoha ことは |
(female given name) Kotoha |
慧翼 see styles |
keisuke / kesuke けいすけ |
(given name) Keisuke |
扶翼 see styles |
fuyoku ふよく |
(noun, transitive verb) (form) help; aid; support; assistance |
折翼 see styles |
zhé yì zhe2 yi4 che i setsu yoku |
break [a bird's] wings |
旋翼 see styles |
xuán yì xuan2 yi4 hsüan i |
rotor wing |
晩翼 see styles |
maniku まんいく |
(personal name) Man'iku |
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. |
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