羽

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: は・はね

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 羽(はね)

Meaning

Feather / Wing / Flight

  • はね — feather / wing
  • 羽毛うもう — feathers / down
  • ばたく — to flap wings
  • 羽音はおと — sound of wings
  • 一羽いちわ — one (bird or rabbit)
  • 羽根はね — feather / shuttlecock
  • 羽目はめ — predicament / difficult situation

羽 visually represents a pair of wings. It’s used for birds, flight, and symbols of freedom or lightness. Also appears as a counter and in poetic or spiritual contexts.

とりはねひろげてびました。
The bird spread its wings and flew.

しろはねかぜっていました。
White feathers were dancing in the wind.

目
Creates
羽目はめ — predicament / difficult situation
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