翼 yì wings
wings; fins
怎么记住“翼”: 羽 feather + 異 different = wings. The girl draws a strange creature with a feather on its head and different parts from every animal, proudly pointing at its wings.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
翼 = 羽 feather + 異 different
- 羽 feather meaning
- 異 different sound
The girl draws a strange creature with a feather on its head and different parts from every animal, proudly pointing at its wings.
How it came to be
The feather gives the meaning and the sign for different the sound.
用法
- Means "wing" and, by extension, a flanking side: 机翼 (jīyì) airplane wing, 左翼/右翼 (zuǒyì/yòuyì) left/right wing (politics or military).
- Common in idioms: 小心翼翼 (xiǎoxīn-yìyì) extremely careful, cautious, and 不翼而飞 (búyì'érfēi) to vanish without a trace (lit. fly off without wings).