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Kanji Information Sheet for 飛 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 飛 (とぶ) – flying
Henshall Mnemonic: two long beaked cranes fly through tall reeds
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #580 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #580 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 飛ぶ [とぶ]
(v5b) to jump; to fly; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛行機 [ひこうき]
(n) aeroplane; airplane [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 飛ばす [とばす]
(v5s) to skip over; to omit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び出す [とびだす]
(v5s) to jump out; to rush out; to fly out; to appear suddenly; to protrude; to project [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛行 [ひこう]
(n) aviation [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 飛ばし [とばし]
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans [K] [D] [Jisho] - 吹き飛ぶ [ふきとぶ]
(v5b,vi) to be blown off; to blow off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び下りる [とびおりる]
(v1) to jump down; to jump off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び火 [とびひ]
(n) (1) leaping flames; shower of flying sparks; (2) impetigo contagiosa [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び交う [とびかう]
(v5u) to fly about; to flutter about; to fly past each other [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び降りる [とびおりる]
(v1) to jump down; to jump off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び込み [とびこみ]
(n) jump; plunge; dive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び出し [とびだし]
(exp) something that leaps or thrusts out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び上がる [とびあがる]
(v5r) to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び切り [とびきり]
(adj-no,adv) extraordinary; superior; choice [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛び地 [とびち]
(n) scattered landholdings; detached land; enclave [K] [D] [Jisho] - 宇宙飛行士 [うちゅうひこうし]
astronaut [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛球 [ひきゅう]
(n) fly (ball) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛行士 [ひこうし]
(n) pilot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛行船 [ひこうせん]
(n) airship; blimp [K] [D] [Jisho] - 犠飛 [ぎひ]
(n) sacrifice fly (baseball) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛車 [ひしゃ]
(n) rook or castle (shogi) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛鳥 [あすか]
name of historic, pre-Nara era [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛躍 [ひやく]
(n,vs) (1) leaping; activity; (2) leapfrog (over a problem) [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.