翹 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「羽」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「羽」
- On
- ギョウ
- Kun
- あ.げる・つまだ.てる
- Meaning
- to raise up; outstanding
Origin
Feather 羽 with 堯 as phonetic: a bird lifting its tail feathers high; by extension, outstanding.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 翹望ぎょうぼう
eager expectation
- 翹楚ぎょうそ
an outstanding person
Example
世の翹望を集める。
They draw the eager hopes of the world.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)