chì

wings

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
羽 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

feather

支 sound component

  Sound component

zhī

  

support, hold up

Evolution

翅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
翅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chì

wings; fin; wing

() 

chì

variant of [chì]

Most common words with 翅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

翅膀

wing

variant of 翅[chì]

展翅

to spread wings

鱼翅

shark fin

展翅高飞

to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)