羽

Tap the pinyin to hear it

feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

Two feathers or wings

Components 习 ×2

feathers · Heisig RSH #544

— as a component also called: wings

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
国际羽毛球联合会	Guó jì Yǔ máo qiú Lián hé huì	International Badminton Federation
放射性烟羽	fàng shè xìng yān yǔ	radiation plume
羽毛球场	yǔ máo qiú chǎng	badminton court
尾羽龙	wěi yǔ lóng	caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur)
板羽球	bǎn yǔ qiú	battledore and shuttlecock; shuttlecock
羽毛球	yǔ máo qiú	badminton; shuttlecock
威凤一羽	wēi fèng yī yǔ	lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
羽状复叶	yǔ zhuàng fù yè	bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)
羽毛笔	yǔ máo bǐ	quill pen
羽化	yǔ huà	levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in…
羽流	yǔ liú	plume
羽衣甘蓝	yǔ yī gān lán	kale
羽族	yǔ zú	birds
羽林	yǔ lín	armed escort
羽球	yǔ qiú	badminton; shuttlecock
关羽	Guān Yǔ	Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdo…
尾羽	wěi yǔ	tail feathers
鸟羽	niǎo yǔ	pinion
羽毛	yǔ máo	feather; plumage; plume
羽客	yǔ kè	Daoist priest

These characters use 羽 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
羽 sound part	yǔ	feather, plume; wings
栩	xǔ	oak tree; pleased, glad
诩	xǔ	to brag, to boast; popular, well-known