Kanji

翔

soar, fly

Kanji

Grade

Grade 9

Strokes

12 strokes

Radical

羽部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ショウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かける, とぶ

Example sentences

飛翔 ひしょう
大空を優雅に飛ぶ、鳥の飛翔に見とれてしまった。

I was fascinated by the bird's graceful flight through the vast sky.

翅鳥 しちょう
大空を飛翔する翅鳥の姿に、自由の尊さを感じた。

Seeing the bird in flight across the vast sky, I felt the preciousness of freedom.

翔ける かける
鳥が空を翔けている。

The bird is soaring in the sky.

翔る かける
鷲が大空を翔る姿は非常に美しい。

The sight of an eagle soaring through the sky is extremely beautiful.

翔破 しょうは
太平洋の翔破は、当時の新聞で大きく報じられた。

The flight across the Pacific was widely reported in newspapers at the time.

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