羽

• 読み: はね
• ローマ字: hane
• 漢字の分解: 羽 (u/hane) — wing, feather
• 発音: /ha.ne/

意味

Wing; feather; a body part of birds and insects used for flight, or a single plume.

A noun meaning both 'wing' and 'feather.' As a wing: 羽を広げる (hane wo hirogeru, to spread one's wings). As a feather: 羽毛 (umou, down/feather), 羽根 (hane, feather/plume — variant spelling). Also functions as a counter for birds and rabbits: 一羽 (ichiwa). Used in compounds: 羽田 (Haneda, Tokyo airport), 羽根つき (hanetsuki, Japanese badminton). The more literary word for wing is 翼 (tsubasa).

例文

1. 鳥が羽を広げて飛び立った。
2. 枕に使われている羽はとても軽い。
3. 公園で白い羽を一枚拾った。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, birds, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 羽 is a pictograph depicting a pair of feathered wings. One of the oldest Chinese characters, directly representing the visual form of bird wings.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal