羽
feather; feathers; counter for birds, rabbits
6 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 748.
Readings
- は (kun reading): 羽目 (はめ) panel; 黒揚羽 (くろあげは) spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
- わ (kun reading): 羽 (わ) counter for birds or rabbits; 音羽屋 (おとわや) Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family)
- はね (kun reading): 羽 (はね) feather; 風切羽 (かざきりばね) flight feathers
- ウ (on reading): 羽毛 (うもう) feather; 羽化 (うか) emergence (of insects)
Components
Kanji containing 羽
- 習 learn
- 翌 the following
- 翼 wing
- 翻 flip
- 扇 fan
- 翔 soar
- 翁 venerable old man
- 翠 green
- 挧 Japanese horse chestnut
- 栩 type of oak
- 翅 (insect) wings
- 翆 color green
- 翊 flying
- 翕 gather
- 搨 trace
- 榻 chair
- 翡 kingfisher
- 翦 scissors
- 翩 fluttering of flag
- 翰 letter
- 翳 hold aloft
- 翹 excellence
Words using 羽
- 羽目 (はめ) panel
- 黒揚羽 (くろあげは) spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
- 手羽元 (てばもと) first segment of a chicken's wing
- 羽織 (はおり) haori (Japanese formal coat)
- 羽織る (はおる) to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
- 羽 (わ) counter for birds or rabbits
- 音羽屋 (おとわや) Otowaya (stage name of a kabuki family)
- 一羽 (いちわ) one (bird or rabbit)
- 出羽 (でわ) Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
- 出羽守 (でわのかみ) director of Dewa province
- 羽 (はね) feather
- 風切羽 (かざきりばね) flight feathers
- 羽飾り (はねかざり) feather decoration
- 矢羽 (やばね) arrow feathers
- 羽箒 (はねぼうき) feather duster
- 羽毛 (うもう) feather
- 羽化 (うか) emergence (of insects)
- 換羽 (かんう) molting (of birds)
- 冠羽 (かんう) bird's crest
- 羽毛布団 (うもうぶとん) down quilt
- 鳥羽伏見の戦い (とばふしみのたたかい) Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)
158 words in all.