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翅 is a phonosemantic compound, simplified from 翄. The semantic component 羽 (yǔ) "feathers" points to birds and flight, while 支 (zhī) supplies the sound. In the modern arrangement, the phonetic 支 sits on the left and the feather radical 羽 on the right. The character's core meaning is the wing of a bird or insect, the appendage that enables flight. Over time, its use broadened to include similar anatomical structures on other animals, such as fish fins (especially shark fin in cuisine), and later to the wing-like aerodynamic surfaces of aircraft.
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这只鸟有翅膀。
鸡翅很好吃。
蝴蝶的翅膀很漂亮。
飞机没有翅膀也能飞。
他点了烤鸡翅和薯条。
小鸟用翅膀在天空中飞翔。
虽然昆虫的翅膀很小，但它们能飞得很远。
当我们观察老鹰的翅膀时，会发现它们非常适合滑翔。
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