
飛 - Fly
At a matsuri, a wooden Measuring Box (masu, the old 1.8-liter sake box) is hurled up and I watch it Fly, echoing the earliest form that pictured a bird with wings spread. The image of that masu sailing fixes the meaning 'fly' for me.
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飛 - Fly
Index # 811
Grade 4
9 strokes
JLPT Level : N3
Readings : ヒ, と・ぶ, と・ばす
Compound Kanji