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飛ぶ

とぶ

to fly

Mnemonic

It came off the fence post with no run-up at all and was over the hedge before you had the camera up. To boot, it took the sandwich: とぶ.

Worth knowing

Also jumping: 飛び込む とびこむ is to leap in. 跳ぶ is the spelling for jumping specifically.

Built from

fly
Both wings up and the tail streaming out behind. A pictograph.

Words sharing these kanji

to fly out, to dash out to fly, to launch in the air to dive into

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