翅
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #797 U+7FC5
How 翅 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
羽 (semantic, “wings”) + 支 (phonetic, zhī)
How to remember it
fins · Heisig RSH #1893
branch + wings
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 支
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 支 (zhī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支 sound component | zhī | to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank) |
| 技 | jì | ability, talent; skill, technique |
| 鼓 | gǔ | drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse |
| 枝 | zhī | branches, limbs; to branch off |
| 肢 | zhī | limbs |
| 歧 | qí | to diverge, to fork; a branch; a side road |
| 跂 | qí | to creep, to crawl |
| 吱 | zhī | to chirp; to hiss; to squeak |
| 岐 | qí | to diverge, to branch; the name of a mountain |
| 豉 | chǐ | fermented beans |
| 忮 | zhì | stubborn; perverse; aggressive |
| 庋 | guǐ | cupboard, pantry |
| 芰 | jì | water caltrop |
Words containing 翅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高山金翅雀 | gāo shān jīn chì què | (bird species of China) yellow-breasted greenfinch (Chloris spinoides) |
| 黑头金翅雀 | hēi tóu jīn chì què | (bird species of China) black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) |
| 白翅交嘴雀 | bái chì jiāo zuǐ què | (bird species of China) two-barred crossbill; white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) |
| 金翅雀 | jīn chì què | (bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica) |
| 白翅百灵 | bái chì bǎi líng | (bird species of China) white-winged lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera) |
| 同翅目 | tóng chì mù | Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc) |
| 翅子 | chì zi | shark's fin; wing; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 蓝翅八色鸟 | lán chì bā sè niǎo | (bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis) |
| 无翅 | wú chì | wingless |
| 鸡翅木 | jī chì mù | wenge or wengue (type of wood) |
| 高山短翅莺 | gāo shān duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) russet bush warbler (Locustella mandelli) |
| 红额金翅雀 | hóng é jīn chì què | (bird species of China) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) |
| 金翅 | jīn chì | oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica) |
| 白斑翅雪雀 | bái bān chì xuě què | (bird species of China) white-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis) |
| 半翅目 | bàn chì mù | Hemiptera (suborder of order Homoptera, insects including cicadas and aphids) |
| 双翅目 | shuāng chì mù | Diptera (insect order including flies) |
| 欧金翅雀 | ōu jīn chì què | (bird species of China) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| 直翅目 | zhí chì mù | Orthoptera (insect order including grasshoppers, crickets and locusts) |
| 中华短翅莺 | Zhōng huá duǎn chì yīng | (bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia) |
| 后翅 | hòu chì | back wing (of insect) |