# 飛 — Fly

Frequency rank 414 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 異 (Differ), less common than 花 (Flower).

- On’yomi: ひ
- Kun’yomi: と
- Radical: 飛 Fly (Kangxi 183)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The character looks like a bird with spread wings in motion — two wing-like shapes reaching outward as the figure soars through the air, capturing the essence of flight.

In words:

- 飛ぶ とぶ — to fly,to hop
- 飛ばす とばす — to skip over,to omit
- 飛行機 ひこうき — aeroplane

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