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飞 (fēi): meaning and stroke order

飞 (fēi) means to fly.

飞

Simplified
飞
Traditional
飛
Pinyin
fēi

Stroke order of 飞

飞

  • fēi to fly
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 飛

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 飞

  1. fēi Traditional 飛
    • to fly

Radical and structure

飞
Radical 飞 (Kangxi radical 183) in its simplified form · 3 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 飞

  • 飞机 fēi jī airplane; CL:架[jia4]
  • 起飞 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly

飞 in our stories

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  • 小龙一进水，就变大了，飞上了天。

    xiǎo lóng yí jìn shuǐ jiù biàn dà le fēi shàng le tiān

    As soon as the little dragon touched the water, it grew big and flew up into the sky.

    From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2

  • 这一次，它飞过了龙门，天上响起了雷声，它真的变成了一条龙。

    zhè yí cì tā fēi guò le Lóngmén tiān shàng xiǎngqǐ le léishēng tā zhēnde biànchéng le yì tiáo lóng

    This time it flew over the Dragon Gate, thunder rolled across the sky, and it really did become a dragon.

    From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3

  • 王母娘娘送给他一包药，吃了就能长生不老，飞到天上去。

    Wángmǔ Niángniang sònggěi tā yì bāo yào chī le jiù néng chángshēng bù lǎo fēi dào tiān shàng qù

    The Queen Mother of the West gave him a packet of medicine: whoever took it would never grow old and would fly up to heaven.

    From the story Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3

Stories using 飞

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).