羽 means “feather, wing”

はね · hane

Also: feathers, counter for birds, rabbits

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

は, わ, はね

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 2 · 6 strokes

The story

Two feathered wings side by side, drawn as a picture. 羽 is a feather or wing, birds are counted with it, 一羽, 二羽, and Tokyo's Haneda Airport is written 羽田, feather and field.

Used in 一羽 (ichiwa, one bird), 羽毛 (umou, down feathers), and 羽ばたく (habataku, to flap one's wings)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.