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翼
Yì
1. surname Yi
2. alternative name for [[絳|绛<Jiàng>]] capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 17 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

翼
yì
wings, fins; shelter
HSK 6 17 丶

Compound Words (20)

副翼
fùyì
aileron (aeronautics)
右翼
yòuyì
the right flank
尾翼
wěiyì
tail wing
左翼
zuǒyì
left-wing (political)
旋翼
xuányì
rotor wing
机翼
jīyì
wing (of an aircraft)
比翼
bǐyì
fly wing to wing
羽翼
yǔyì
wing
翼侧
yìcè
flank (military)
翼城
Yìchéng
Yicheng county in Linfen [[臨汾|临汾<Línfén>]], Shanxi
翼展
yìzhǎn
wingspan
翼翼
yìyì
cautious
翼龙
Yìlóng
Dodge Nitro (abbr. for [[道奇翼龍|道奇翼龙]])
翼龙
yìlóng
pterosaur
蝉翼
chányì
cicada's wing
赵翼
ZhàoYì
Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era [[乾嘉三大家]]
鼻翼
bíyì
the wing of the nose
前掠翼
qiánlüèyì
swept-forward wing (on jet fighter)
太阳翼
tàiyángyì
solar panel
张天翼
ZhāngTiānyì
Zhang Tian'yi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the magic gourd [[寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密]]

Alternate Entries

翼
yì
wing / area surrounding the bullseye of a target / to assist / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / old variant of [[翌]]
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,293
Word Frequency Rank
2,788 of 84,292