字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE佚226背 (商)
Oracle bone and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Action & Movement
羽
羽 feather, wings
はね hane
6 strokesRadical of 9 kanjiPart of 8
Your ink in 羽0% painted · 0 of 9 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Wings or feathers.
Source: Wiktionary, 羽 (rev. 92490451), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Spread your wings and fly! This radical represents the lightness of birds, the incredible speed of flight, and the delicate beauty of a single feather. When you see it, think of soaring through the clouds, the soft touch of down, and the ultimate freedom of the sky. It brings a sense of movement, elevation, and effortless grace to its characters.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates wings, feathers, flight, the concept of lightness, or actions that involve repetition and practice (like a bird learning to fly).
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 羽, with sourced origins
- 習learnシュウ · ならう
- 翌the followingヨク
羽sound + 昱
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 羽 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 9 kanji