羽 yǔ
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yǔ
noun
feather
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A radical in Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字；羽：鳥長毛也。 'yǔ: the long hair of a bird.' (Xu Shen, 121, Scroll 5, 說文解字‧卷五; CC-CEDICT '羽'; Guoyu '羽' n 1; Kroll 2015 '羽' 1, p. 570; Unihan '羽') -
yǔ
noun
Kangxi radical 124
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Feather (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '羽' n 9) -
yǔ
noun
wings
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a synecdote (Guoyu '羽' n 2; Kroll 2015 '羽' 1a, p. 570) -
yǔ
noun
a bird
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a synecdote (Guoyu '羽' n 3; Kroll 2015 '羽' 1a, p. 570) -
yǔ
noun
feathers on an arrow; an arrow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '羽' n 6; Kroll 2015 '羽' 2, p. 570) -
yǔ
noun
exterior adornment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Epecially for costumes used in dancing performances (Guoyu '羽' n 4; Kroll 2015 '羽' 3-4, p. 570) -
yǔ
noun
fifth note on the pentatonic scale
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '羽'; Guoyu '羽' n 5; Kroll 2015 '羽' 5, p. 570) -
yǔ
noun
companion
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '羽' n 7) -
yǔ
noun
a bouy used in fishing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '羽' n 8) -
yǔ
proper noun
Yu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '羽' n 9)
Contained in
- 宫商角徵羽(宮商角徵羽) pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale
- 尾羽 tail feathers
- 羽绒服(羽絨服) down-filled garment
- 羽状复叶(羽狀複葉) bipinnate leaf
- 毛羽 hair and feathers
- 羽量级(羽量級) feather weight
- 羽裂 pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes)
- 铩羽而归(鎩羽而歸) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions
- 羽林 Yu Lin; Palace Guards ; Yu Lin [star]
- 丝羽乌骨鸡(絲羽烏骨雞) black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie
- 身披羽毛 feathered
- 羽毛球 badminton; shuttlecock
- 刈羽 Kariba; Kariwa
- 羽绒(羽絨) down (soft feathers)
- 羽流 plume
- 羽球 badminton
- 放射性烟羽(放射性煙羽) radiation plume
- 羽毛笔(羽毛筆) quill pen
- 板羽球 battledore and shuttlecock; shuttlecock
- 羽尾袋鼯 feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
- 羽毛球场(羽毛球場) badminton court
- 羽衣甘蓝(羽衣甘藍) kale
- 羽翼丰满(羽翼豐滿) fully fledged
- 威凤一羽(威鳳一羽) one phoenix feather; a glimpse that reveals the whole
- 脱羽(脫羽) to shed feathers; to molt (of birds)
- 翠羽 kingfisher feathers ; [by analogy] a woman's eyebrows
- 鸩羽(鴆羽) the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩
- 鸟羽(鳥羽) pinion
- 党羽(黨羽) henchman
- 羽族 birds
- 尾羽龙(尾羽龍) caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur)
- 羽毛 feather
- 积羽沉舟(積羽沉舟) many feathers will sink a boat
- 羽冠 feathered crest (of bird)
- 羽客 Taoist priest
- 铩羽(鎩羽) for a feather to fall; [by analogy] to give up
- 蓑羽鹤(蓑羽鶴) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
- 羽鳃鲐(羽鰓鮐) Indian mackerel
- 羽扇纶巾(羽扇綸巾) feather fan and silk cloth; leisure and comfort
- 羽翼 wing; (fig.) assistant
- 羽毛缎(羽毛緞) camlet (silk fabric)
- 羽化 levitation; to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven ; to become immortal ; to die ; to emerge from the cocoon in adult form; eclosion
- 国际羽毛球联合会(國際羽毛球聯合會) International Badminton Federation
- 羽涅 alumen; alunite (TCM)
- 卷羽鹈鹕(卷羽鵜鶘) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
- 羽缎(羽緞) camlet (silk fabric)
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- 卷三十一 陳勝項籍傳 Volume 31: Chen Sheng and Xiang Yu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 117
- 卷三十六 蜀書六 關張馬黃趙傳 Volume 36: Book of Shu 6 - Biographies of Guan, Zhang, Ma, Huang, and Zhao Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 84
- 卷一上 高帝紀上 Volume 1: Annals of Emperor Gaozu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 72
- 《羽部》 Yǔ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 55
- 卷三百七十 列傳第一百二十九 王友直 李寶 成閔 趙密 劉子羽 呂祉 胡世將 鄭剛中 Volume 370 Biographies 129: Wang Youzhi, Li Bao, Cheng Min, Zhao Mi, Liu Ziyu, Lu Zhi, Hu Shijiang, Zheng Gangzhong History of Song 宋史 — count: 55
- 卷五十四 吳書九 周瑜魯肅呂蒙傳 Volume 54: Book of Wu 9 - Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 40
- 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
- 卷21上 獻文六王上 Volume 21a: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 34
- 第九十八回 Chapter 98 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 32
- 卷三十一 志第十一: 音樂四 Volume 31 Treatises 11: Music 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 29
Collocations
- 子羽 (子羽) 子羽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 19
- 六羽 (六羽) 初獻六羽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 9
- 羽旄 (羽旄) 晉人假羽旄於鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 8
- 白羽 (白羽) 許遷于白羽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
- 羽父 (羽父) 羽父請以師會之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 7
- 羽曰 (羽曰) 鄭行人子羽曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
- 顺羽 (順羽) 順羽 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 5
- 音羽 (音羽) 其音羽 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 4
- 羽龠 (羽龠) 秋冬學羽龠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 4
- 鸨羽 (鴇羽) 鴇羽 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧鴇羽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Bao Yu — count: 4