羽 (jyu5 | yu3 yu4 hu4) : feather; wings; radical #124

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羽

jyu5

yu3 yu4 hu4

[1] [n] feather; plume [2] [n] wings of a bird [3] one of the five notes in the Chinese musical scale [4] Kangxi radical 124

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 羽 (#124)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

羽

This word has been viewed 7694 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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羽毛球 jyu5 mou4 kau4 yu3 mao2 qiu2 = badminton

羽毛 jyu5 mou4 yu3 mao2 = feather

羽絨衫 jyu5 jung4*2 saam1 = down jacket 粵

羽毛筆 jyu5 mou4 bat1 = quill

羽毛管 jyu5 mou4 gun2 = quill

打理羽毛 daa2 lei5 jyu5 mou4 = preen

放射性煙羽 fong3 se6 sing3 jin1 jyu5 fang4 she4 xing4 yan1 yu3 = radiation plume

板羽球 baan2 jyu5 kau4 ban3 yu3 qiu2 = battledore and shuttlecock; shuttlecock

黨羽 dong2 jyu5 = acolytes, partisans

羽絨被 jyu5 jung4*2 pei5 = feather-down quilt
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 羽
Unicode code for this character: U+7FBD (off-site link)

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