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羽
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feathers

HSK 5 N2
Nature →Animals →Birds
yǔ
ウ
は、わ、はね
우
Pictograph of feathers.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
羽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
羽 [yǔ]
feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
Japanese
羽 、 羽根 はね 、 は 同音

noun

  1. feather; plume; down
  2. wing
  3. blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.)
  4. shuttlecock (in badminton)
  5. shuttlecock (in hanetsuki) (also written as 羽子)
  6. arrow feathers
羽 わ 、 ば 、 ぱ 同音
counter counter for birds or rabbits
羽 う 同音
noun fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
立派な羽が立派な鳥をつくる。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
羽に深い傷を負った小鳥を見つけました。
I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
Japanese Names
羽 う
U given name
羽 はう
Hau female given name
羽 はにー
Hani given name
羽 はね
Hane female given namesurname
羽 はの
Hano female given name
CHINESE WORDS (72)
羽毛 [yǔ​máo] #6,968
feather
羽毛球 [yǔ​máo​qiú] #24,439
shuttlecock
羽绒服 [yǔ​róng​fú] #59,422
down-filled garment
羽绒服 [yǔ​róng​fú] #59,422
down-filled garment
羽绒 [yǔ​róng] #40,377
down (soft feathers)
羽绒 [yǔ​róng] #40,377
down (soft feathers)
羽翼 [yǔ​yì] #24,080
wing
项羽 [Xiàng​Yǔ] #16,925
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
项羽 [Xiàng​Yǔ] #16,925
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
关羽 [Guān​Yǔ] #19,372
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 羽 [はね] #3,678
feather
羽織る [はおる] #5,556
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
羽目になる [はめになる] #8,707
to get stuck with (some job)
羽ばたく [はばたく] #8,915
to flap (wings)
切羽詰まる [せっぱつまる] #12,023
to be at one's wits' end
一羽 [いちわ] #15,361
one (bird or rabbit)
⭐ 羽毛 [うもう] #17,935
feather
羽音 [はおと] #17,947
flapping sound (of wings)
⭐ 羽織 [はおり] #18,564
haori (Japanese formal coat)
羽虫 [はむし] #21,075
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga)
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