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Meanings

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yǔ
  1. 1.feather
  2. 2.5th note in pentatonic scale

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.feather; plume
  2. 2.wing
  3. 3.birds
  4. 4.Classifier for birds.
  5. 5.fletching
  6. 6.arrow
  7. 7.banner; flag
  8. 8.letter (written communication)
  9. 9.feather fan
  10. 10.float (object attached to a fishing line)
  11. 11.friends; comrades
  12. 12.fifth note in the Chinese pentatonic scale
  13. 13.a surname
  14. 14.The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include
  15. 15.The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
  16. 16.slow and relaxed (the same as 緩)

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形): wings or feathers. Either from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-grwa (“feather”), whence Tibetan སྒྲོ (sgro, “large feather”) (Coblin, 1986; Gong Hwang-cherng, 2002; STEDT), or *waʔ (“bird; egg; wing; fowl”) (Matisoff, 2000; Schuessler, 2007; Sagart, 2021b; STEDT).

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Stroke order

Components

羽习

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Synonyms

翼翅翎翮翅膀翼翅羽翼翅膀兒翅膀子膀兒翅兒翅子翅關膀膀膀子翅膀膀兒翅拐翅刮翅桿翼拍翼膀翼胛翼巴翼盼翼汗翼梭肘翼肘翼膀脊翅翼

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Derived terms

一羽七羽中石飲羽中石饮羽丹羽五色羽仙羽便羽儀羽仪羽全羽八羽六羽冬羽凡羽刷羽反羽吉光片羽吉光鳳羽吉光凤羽呢羽商羽嚴羽严羽嚼羽垂頭鎩羽垂头铩羽塵羽尘羽大白羽

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Related words

羽茎 quill羽流 plume羽化 levitation (of Daoist immortal)羽裂 pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes)羽毛 feather鸩羽 the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鸩项羽 Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor羽林 armed escort尾羽 tail feathers党羽 henchmen羽绒 down (soft feathers)羽缎 camlet (silk fabric)