Characters › 飞
3 strokes · radical 飞 (fly) · traditional 飛
9 strokes · simplified 飞
A way to remember it
A bird's wing lifted in flight, with the feathers trailing. The traditional 飛 draws both wings; the simplified form keeps one and lets it stand for the whole bird.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
to fly
fēi — to fly
Radical 飞 (fly) · 3 strokes · traditional 飛
9 strokes · simplified 飞
A way to remember itA bird's wing lifted in flight, with the feathers trailing. The traditional 飛 draws both wings; the simplified form keeps one and lets it stand for the whole bird.