翼

音読おんよみ: ヨク

訓読くんよみ: つばさ

画数かくすう: 17

部首ぶしゅ: 羽（はね）

Meaning

wing; feather; support / “side” (as in left wing / right wing)

  • 翼つばさ — wing
  • 主翼しゅよく — main wing (of an aircraft)
  • 右翼うよく — right wing / right faction / right side
  • 左翼さよく — left wing / left faction / left side
  • 翼よく下か — “under someone’s wing,” under one’s protection
  • 翼よく賛さん — support group / allied wing

The bottom of 翼 is the “feather / wing” radical 羽. The upper parts add sound (ヨク) and suggest structure. Together, 翼 is literally “wings,” like on a bird or plane — and by extension, a “wing” or side of a group.

右

右翼うよく = “right wing,” 左翼さよく = “left wing.” Imagine a bird — its right wing, left wing. 翼 became a way to talk about one side or faction, not just feathers.

主
Creates

主翼しゅよく — main wing, like the main wing of an airplane.

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