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飞 fēi — “to fly”

How to write and say the Chinese character 飞 (fēi), which means to fly — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Come & go.

Pinyin · 拼音 fēi
Meaning · 意思 to fly
Strokes · 笔画 3
Radical · 部首 飞 (fly)
Hear it · 听发音
Watch it drawn stroke by stroke →

Stroke order笔顺

飞 is written with 3 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A little picture: a bird flapping its wings.

A common word常用词

起qǐ飞fēi

to take off

Example sentence例句

飞fēi机jī飞fēi上shàng天tiān了le。

The plane flew up into the sky.

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