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Kanji 飛: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 飛: fly, skip (pages), scatter

Key takeaways

Kanji 飛: fly, skip (pages), scatter. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

飛
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Meaning

flyskip (pages)scatter

On reading

ヒ

Kun reading

と.ぶと.ばす-と.ばす

Radical

飛

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 飛

fly, skip (pages), scatter

Kanji structure breakdown

飛

Structure breakdown

升

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

The kanji 飛 is a pictograph of a bird spreading its wings to fly. Imagine the central 升 (measuring box) part as the bird's body and the surrounding strokes as its wings. It is commonly used in words like airplane (飛行機) or soaring (飛上) to represent flying or skipping.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ヒ
  • 飛行ひこう

    aviation / flight

  • 飛行場ひこうじょう

    airport / airfield

  • 飛行機ひこうき

    airplane / plane

Kun reading

と.ぶ
  • 蹴飛ばすけとばす

    kick away / reject / refuse

  • 飛ばすとばす

    to skip / to omit

  • 飛ぶとぶ

    to fly / to hop / to jump

Commonly used words

  • 飛行
    ひこう

    aviation / flight

  • 飛行場
    ひこうじょう

    airport / airfield

  • 飛行機
    ひこうき

    airplane / plane

  • 蹴飛ばす
    けとばす

    kick away / reject / refuse

  • 飛ばす
    とばす

    to skip / to omit

  • 飛ぶ
    とぶ

    to fly / to hop / to jump

Example sentences

Example 1

彼はボールを強く蹴飛ばした。

Translation

He kicked the ball hard.

Example 2

提案を蹴飛ばされてしまった。

Translation

My proposal was rejected.

Example 3

子どもがプールに飛び込んだ。

Translation

The child jumped into the pool.

Example 4

彼は人ごみに飛び込んだ。

Translation

He plunged into the crowd.

Kanji 飛: fly, skip (pages), scatter | Daily Nihongo