How to say "wing" in Japanese

• 翼つばさJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe literal word for the wing of a bird or an aircraft. Use it when describing a bird in flight or the wings of a plane.
  それは翼つばさの全長ぜんちょうが約やく４インチある。↗

  It has a wingspan of about four inches.
• ウイングCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword, covering the same literal ground as 翼: the wing of a bird, an aircraft, and so on. For the wings of a plane, either this word or 翼 works.
• 羽はねJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe wing of a bird or other living creature, closely tied to feathers. For the wing of an aircraft, 翼 is the word, not this one.
  羽はねに深ふかい傷きずを負おった小鳥ことりを見みつけました。↗

  I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
• そでJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThis is not the wing of a bird or plane; it is the word for wing-like side sections of a stage, a desk, a gate, and similar structures.
• 派はJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Wing only in the figurative political sense: a faction or camp within a party or movement. It never refers to the wing of a bird or aircraft.
  彼かれは福田ふくだ派はに属ぞくしていました。↗

  He once belonged to the Fukuda faction.

Use 翼 for a bird's or aircraft's wing (「ウイング」 also works), 羽 for a bird's or other creature's wing, 「そで」 for wing-like side parts of a stage, desk, or gate, and 派 for a political wing.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 翼つばさwing
• ウイングwing (of a bird, aircraft, etc.)
• フェンダーfender (of a car)
• フリューゲルwing
• 翼棟よくとうwing (of a building)
• 翅はねwing (of an insect)
• 羽はねwing
• そでwing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
• 派は(political) faction
• 泥除けどろよけfender (of a car)