Kanji N1

翼: wing, plane, flank

翼 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning wing, plane, flank, written with 17 strokes. It is read ヨク (on) and つばさ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 翼 (つばさ, wing) and 右翼 (うよく, right wing).

翼

Meanings

  • wing
  • plane
  • flank
Strokes17
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1201 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヨク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • つばさ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Common words with 翼

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 翼つばさ

    wing

    JLPT N3
  • 右翼うよく

    right wing

  • 左翼さよく

    left wing

  • 両翼りょうよく

    both wings; both flanks

  • 一翼いちよく

    one wing

  • 主翼しゅよく

    main wings (of an aeroplane, airplane)

  • 尾翼びよく

    tail (of an aircraft); empennage; tail assembly

  • 最右翼さいうよく

    dominant person; preeminent person

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.