Usage of the character 羽
yǔ
羽
[羽]
- feather
- 5th note in pentatonic scale
yǔliú
羽流
[羽流]
- plume
yǔqiú
羽球
[羽球]
- badminton
- shuttlecock
niǎoyǔ
鸟羽
[鳥羽]
- pinion
yǔhuà
羽化
[羽化]
- levitation (of Daoist immortal)
- to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven
- (in Daoism) to become immortal
- to die
- of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form
- eclosion
yǔyì
羽翼
[羽翼]
- wing
- (fig.) assistant
yǔduàn
羽缎
[羽緞]
- camlet (silk fabric)
Lù Yǔ
陆羽
[陸羽]
- Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea
Yìyǔ
刈羽
[刈羽]
- Kariba or Kariwa, Japanese name
- Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
tuōyǔ
脱羽
[脫羽]
- to shed feathers
- to molt (of birds)
zhènyǔ
鸩羽
[鴆羽]
- the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆／鸩
huànyǔ
换羽
[換羽]
- to molt
- to change feathers
yǔguān
羽冠
[羽冠]
- feathered crest (of bird)
yǔjīng
羽茎
[羽莖]
- quill
yǔlín
羽林
[羽林]
- armed escort
Guān Yǔ
关羽
[關羽]
- Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
- posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
dǎngyǔ
党羽
[黨羽]
- henchmen
yǔróng
羽绒
[羽絨]
- down (soft feathers)
yǔniè
羽涅
[羽涅]
- alumen
- alunite (TCM)
Yǔtián
羽田
[羽田]
- Haneda (one of the two main airports serving Tokyo)
yǔkè
羽客
[羽客]
- Daoist priest
Xiàng Yǔ
项羽
[項羽]
- Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
yǔliè
羽裂
[羽裂]
- pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes)
wěiyǔ
尾羽
[尾羽]
- tail feathers
yǔzú
羽族
[羽族]
- birds
yǔmáo
羽毛
[羽毛]
- feather
- plumage
- plume
bǎnyǔqiú
板羽球
[板羽球]
- battledore and shuttlecock
- shuttlecock
yǔsāitái
羽鳃鲐
[羽鰓鮐]
- Indian mackerel
suōyǔhè
蓑羽鹤
[蓑羽鶴]
- (bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
yǔróngfú
羽绒服
[羽絨服]
- down-filled garment
yǔmáoduàn
羽毛缎
[羽毛緞]
- camlet (silk fabric)
yǔmáoqiú
羽毛球
[羽毛球]
- badminton
- shuttlecock
wěiyǔlóng
尾羽龙
[尾羽龍]
- caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur)
yǔmáobǐ
羽毛笔
[羽毛筆]
- quill pen
wēifèngyīyǔ
威凤一羽
[威鳳一羽]
- lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
Bǎiqí Yìyǔ
柏崎刈羽
[柏崎刈羽]
- Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
yǔyìfēngmǎn
羽翼丰满
[羽翼豐滿]
- fully fledged
yǔzhuàngfùyè
羽状复叶
[羽狀複葉]
- bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)
yǔmáoqiúchǎng
羽毛球场
[羽毛球場]
- badminton court
shēnpīyǔmáo
身披羽毛
[身披羽毛]
- feathered
shāyǔ'érguī
铩羽而归
[鎩羽而歸]
- to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
yǔwěidàiwú
羽尾袋鼯
[羽尾袋鼯]
- feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
juǎnyǔtíhú
卷羽鹈鹕
[卷羽鵜鶘]
- (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
yǔyīgānlán
羽衣甘蓝
[羽衣甘藍]
- kale
fàngshèxìngyānyǔ
放射性烟羽
[放射性煙羽]
- radiation plume
gōngshāngjuézhǐyǔ
宫商角徵羽
[宮商角徵羽]
- pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
Guójì Yǔmáoqiú Liánhéhuì
国际羽毛球联合会
[國際羽毛球聯合會]
- International Badminton Federation