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翏

liù
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to soar high; the sound of wind (archaic)

Examples

老鹰在高空翱翔。
Lǎoyīng zài gāokōng áoxiáng.
The eagle soared high in the sky.

Tips

history
翏 ('to soar / the wind whistling') is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It survives as the phonetic in 戮 (to slay), 谬 (absurd / error), 寥 (few / vast), and 缪 (to bind).

Components

radical
羽 yǔ
feathers; wings
The 'feathers' on top give the high-flying meaning of 翏 and serve as its indexing radical.
ideograph
㐱 zhěn
hair / streaming lines
The lower element draws streaming lines below the wings, suggesting feathers trailing as the bird soars in 翏.

Stroke Order

翏 liù