Onyomi: ヒ · Kunyomi: -と.ばす, と.ばす, と.ぶ · Meanings: fly, scatter, skip (pages)
Kanji for fly, scatter, skip pages
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飛 shows the image of movement through the air. In its old form, it depicted wings spreading out as something lifts off and moves freely above the ground. The sense of rising, gliding, and moving swiftly through the sky became central to its meaning. From this visual idea, 飛 came to mean flying, leaping, or moving quickly.
飛 represents wings spreading as something rises and moves through the air.
Picture wings opening wide and lifting your body into the sky. That smooth, airborne motion is 飛.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 飛 | ひ | rook | Noun |
| 飛行機 | ひこうき | airplane, aeroplane, plane, aircraft | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 飛行場 | ひこうじょう | airfield, airport | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 飛ぶ | とぶ | to fly, to soar | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'bu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 飛び出す | とびだす | to jump out, to leap out, to fly out, to run out, to rush out, to bolt out | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 飛行 | ひこう | flight, flying, aviation | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 飛ばす | とばす | to let fly, to make fly, to send flying, to blow off (e.g. in the wind), to launch, to fire, to hurl, to shoot | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 飛び込む | とびこむ | to jump in, to leap in, to plunge into, to dive | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 飛行船 | ひこうせん | airship, blimp | common Noun |
| 飛行艇 | ひこうてい | flying boat | Noun |