fēi

fly

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a flying bird.

Evolution

飞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
飞 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
飞 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
飞 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

fēi

fly; go quickly; dart; high; to fly

Most common words with 飞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to fly

飞机

airplane

飞行

flying

飞船

airship

起飞

(of an aircraft) to take off