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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǔ | yu3
English translation
feather
5th note in pentatonic scale
feather, plume; wings

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Number of strokes

6

Radical frequency

220

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Two feathers or wings

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

习习 xí xí

Explanation

Pictograph of feathers.

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游隼 yóu sǔn 捕到鸟类 niǎo lèi 猎物 liè wù shí ,通常 tōngcháng shì xiān 拔掉 bá diào 它们 tā men de 羽毛 yǔ máo , zài ròu 撕下 lái .

Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.

喜欢 xǐhuan 只有 zhǐyǒu 奇特 qí tè 羽毛 yǔ máo de diǎo .

He likes the bird with exotic plumage.

diǎo zhuó de 羽毛 yǔ máo 使 shǐ zhī 松散 sōng san .

The bird fluffed its feathers.

熟练 shúliàn de qīng dǒu 手腕 shǒu wàn ,羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú Guò le wǎng .

She sent the shuttlecock flying over the net with a practised flick of the wrist.

diǎo zhěng shì de 羽毛 yǔ máo .

A bird trims its feathers.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
羽毛 yǔ máo feather羽毛 yǔ máo
feather
羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú shuttlecock羽毛球 yǔmáoqiú
羽绒服 yǔróngfú down-filled garment羽絨服
羽绒 yǔ róng down (soft feathers)羽絨
羽翼 yǔ yì wing羽翼 yǔ yì
项羽 Xiàng Yǔ Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor項羽
关羽 Guān Yǔ posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama關羽
羽田 Yǔ tián Haneda (one of the two main airports serving Tokyo)羽田 Yǔ tián
党羽 dǎng yǔ henchmen黨羽
铩羽而归 shā yǔ ér guī to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)鎩羽而歸
陆羽 Lù Yǔ Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea陸羽
羽化 yǔ huà to die羽化 yǔ huà
羽毛球场 yǔ máo qiú chǎng badminton court羽毛球場
羽林 yǔ lín armed escort羽林 yǔ lín
换羽 huàn yǔ to molt換羽
羽翼丰满 yǔ yì fēng mǎn fully fledged羽翼豐滿
羽冠 yǔ guān feathered crest (of bird)羽冠 yǔ guān

Decomposition & Compounds

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Compounds

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    • hàn
    • shān
      • shān , shān , shàn , shān
    • wēng
      • wēng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wēng , , wēng , , , , ,
    • cuì
      • 耀 yào , chuō , , yào , zhuó , yuè , yào , zhuó , , diào , zhuó , , , , , , , ,
    • liù
      • miù
      • jiāo
      • , liáo , liǎo , liào , chōu , , xiāo , lào , liáo , jiū , jiū , qiú , , jiū , láo , liú , liáo , , , , , , , , móu , , miù , , 賿, , , liáo
      • , yān , shè , , , , ,
      • zhě , , zhé , , , , , , shè , , , , ,
    • fān , , chì , qiáo , xiáng , piān , , , fěi , áo , , , , , , líng , qiào , , , , , , 羿, chōng , hóng , , huī , shù , shà , zhù , jiǎn , zōng , , , xuān , 翿 dào , , , xuè , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , huì , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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