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JLPT N3 · Noun

羽根 (hane)

羽根 (はね, hane) is a Japanese noun meaning “feather; plume”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はね
Romaji
hane
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. feather; plume; down · noun
  2. wing · noun
  3. blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.) · noun
  4. shuttlecock (in badminton) · noun
  5. shuttlecock (in hanetsuki) · noun · also written as 羽子

Example sentences

立派な羽が立派な鳥をつくる。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Tatoeba #78270
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.
Tatoeba #189854

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 羽根

羽
feathers, counter for birds, rabbitsウ・は・わ · 6 strokes
根
root, radical, head (pimple)コン・ね・-ね · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 羽根.

羽はねfeather羽わcounter for birds or rabbits根ねroot (of a plant)屋根やねroof垣根かきねhedge根気こんきpatience根拠こんきょbasis根底こんていroot根本こんぽんroot根回しねまわしlaying the groundwork球根きゅうこん(plant) bulb

Source: JMdict entry 1171680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.