The kanji 羽: meaning, readings and stroke order

羽

Meaning: feather, wing
On reading: ウ u
Kun reading: は ha、はね hane
Strokes: 6
Radical: 羽 feather
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lông vũ, cánh (vũ)
Japanese: はね。
Korean: 깃털, 날개 (우)
Chinese: 羽毛、翅膀

Readings, words and example sentences

ウ u · on reading

羽う毛もう
feathers, down
羽う毛もうのふとんはあたたかいです。
Feather quilts are warm.

は ha · kun reading

羽は音おと
sound of flapping wings, buzz
虫の 羽は音おとが聞こえます。
I can hear the buzz of a bug's wings.

はね hane · kun reading

羽はね
wing, feather
小鳥の 羽はねは白いです。
The little bird's feathers are white.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.