飛
부수: 飛
획수: 9획
飛 has the meanings to fly and go quickly.
飛 = 飛
X = semantic
• 飛 depicts feathers and represents the meaning ‘to fly’.
Evolution:
飛 = bird flying ➔ to fly ➔ go quickly
Mnemonic
While 升 (승|되|ascend) is not a component of 飛, it may be helpful to consider 飛 as 升 + two wings (飞+飞). Imagine two wings attached to 升, carrying it up into the sky.
Vocab
| 飛行 | 비행 | flight; flying |
| 飛翔 | 비상 | flight; soaring |
| 飛行機 | 비행기 | aeroplane |
| 飛行場 | 비행장 | airfield |
| 飛行士 | 비행사 | aviator |
| 飛行船 | 비행선 | blimp |
| 飛行雲 | 비행운 | contrail |
| 飛擊震天雷 | 비격진천뢰 | Joseon period cannon |
| 飛沫感染 | 비말감염 | droplet infection |
| 飛火 | 비화 | leaping (unrelated) consequences |
| 飛躍 | 비약 | rising rapidly; jump to conclusions |
| 飛虎 | 비호 | ‘flying tiger’ (attack with speed) |
| 雄飛 | 웅비 | great leap; great achievement |
Additional notes
飞 depicts feathers and is the simplified Chinese character for 飛.
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 飛].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 708]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 飛].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 595]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.