飛
飛 — Fly
fly, skip (pages), scatter
On’yomiヒ (hi)
Kun’yomiとぶ (tobu)
Kun’yomiとばす (tobasu)
Kun’yomi-とばす (tobasu)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 飛
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飛行 | ひこう hikou | flight; flying; aviation |
| 飛行機 | ひこうき hikouki | airplane; aeroplane; plane |
| 飛躍 | ひやく hiyaku | leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world |
| 犠飛 | ぎひ gihi | sacrifice fly |
| 飛ばし | とばし tobashi | selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans |
| 宇宙飛行士 | うちゅうひこうし uchuuhikoushi | astronaut |
Study notes
飛 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #580 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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