Example sentences
fēi飞jī机jǐ几diǎn点qǐ起fēi飞？
When does the plane take off?
wǒ我zuò坐fēi飞jī机huí回jiā家。
I fly home.
The story behind the character
飞
The traditional 飛 is two birds with wings spread, mid-flight. The simplified 飞 flattened it. Xu Shen wrote 飞, 鸟翥也. 翥 is a bird climbing upward.