Keyword
feathers
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig615
Readings
(53%)
はね
(18%)
(9%)
(7%)
(7%)
(3%)
Composed of
clothes hanger
icicles
clothes hanger
icicles
Mnemonic

A pictograph of two feathers.

Used in kanji (8 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (251 in total)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
one (bird)
feathers; plumage; down
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
haori (Japanese formal coat)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
angel's raiment; robe of feathers; wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds; type of bug
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to spread one's wings
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
white feather
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
to be selected (from among many people)
quill; quill pen
quill; quill pen
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
one (bird)
raincoat; oilcoat
down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown
tail and feathers
to become fluffy
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings
(tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
feather decoration; plume
habutai; habutae; fine Japanese silk
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
to select someone (out of many people)
feather decoration; plume
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
"Helping Hands" comedy performance; performance in which one person wears a haori on their shoulders, while another person behind them puts their arms through the sleeves of the haori and feeds the person in front
arrow feathers
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
arrow feathers
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
shuttlecock (in hanetsuki)
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
chicken wing
trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
figured; patterned; figured haori (coat)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
tail feathers
ex-Emperor Gotoba
glossy black (hair); (lit.) color of a crow with wet feathers
wings and feathers; assistance; aid; help
down (feather) quilt
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
plume; ornamental feather
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
angel's feathered robe
summer haori (coat)
winged ant; flying ant
tail feathers
wings; pinion
portable shrine used to transport a sacred object
to become fluffy
bird's crest
breeze caused by wings flapping
summer plumage; nuptial plumage
impeller; (turbine) runner; vaned wheel
jet black; pitch dark; peyote (Lophophora williamsii); mescaline
first segment of a chicken's wing; drumette
Uzen (former province located in parts of present-day Yamagata Prefecture)
down (feather) quilt
a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air)
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
feather duster
to fold one's wings
influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings
trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers
plume; ornamental feather
blue-black (color, colour)
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
glossy black (hair); (lit.) color of a crow with wet feathers
to fold one's wings
louver slat; louvre slat
Habutae mochi; mochi smooth and white like habutae silk
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
down (feather) quilt
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
string tied across the open chest of a haori
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
Japanese fan made of feathers
battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
geisha from the Fukagawa red light district in Edo (Edo period)
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
large Japanese pilchard
grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus); gray-faced buzzard
trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers
hanetsuki gyoza; gyoza with wings
(ornithological) rachis
waist-high wainscoting; waist-high wainscotting
haori coat decorated with one's family crest
haori coat decorated with one's family crest and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
any duck with white specula (bright patches on the wings)
haori coat used by soldiers
Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)
sea basses; groupers
ant lion (esp. species Hagenomyia micans)
bird's crest
figured haori (coat)
chicken wings filled with gyoza stuffing
battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)
underside of a bird's wing; lining of a haori
down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown
crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono); figured habutae
haori coat decorated with one's family crest and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
calamus; quill
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
molting; moulting
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
vexillum; vane (of a feather)
kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
haori coat used by soldiers
hanetsuki gyoza; gyoza with wings
fluttering or flapping of wings
figured haori (coat)
ant lion (esp. species Hagenomyia micans)
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
glossy black (hair); (lit.) color of a crow with wet feathers
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
Chinese peacock (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio bianor)
Paris tetraphylla (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
fluttering or flapping of wings
string tied across the open chest of a haori
haori coat used by soldiers
hanetsuki gyoza; gyoza with wings
Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly)
blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); chewing louse
nymphalid (any butterfly of family Nymphalidae)
sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus); convict grouper
Anopheles (genus of mosquitoes)
Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
contour feather; quill feather
edge of a gabled roof; verge
edge of a gabled roof; verge
gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)
demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo); Numidian crane
Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)
flightless cormorant; Galapagos cormorant
red admiral (butterfly)
molting season
short-winged cormorant
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
any duck with white specula (bright patches on the wings)
plumule; down feather
barb (of a feather)
portable shrine used to transport a sacred object
portable shrine used to transport a sacred object
functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned); surgeon's cuffs
alula; bastard wing
sixth lunar month
single pattern on the entirety of a garment
wet-weather haori
pochoir (type of hand-painted stencil printing)
pochoir (type of hand-painted stencil printing)
pochoir (type of hand-painted stencil printing)
pale gentle pink; ibis wing color
number of birds (esp. poultry)
Haba Station (Nagano)
Hane Station (Ishikawa)
Japanese maple (Acer japonicum)
bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
Ponerorchis graminifolia (Orchis graminifolia)
cucurbit leaf beetle (Aulacophora femoralis)
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
Asian comma butterfly (Polygonia c-aureum)
blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara); Hong Kong grouper
yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti); lyretail grouper; coronation cod
brown-spotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma)
black guillemot (Cepphus grylle); tystie
twin-flowering abelia (Abelia spathulata)
Quercus sessilifolia (species of oak)
Paris verticillata (flowering plant closely related to herb Paris)
vestimentiferan (any tube worm of order Vestimentifera)
tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
blue-winged skipper butterfly
Pinna bicolor (species of pen shell)
red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
spottedtail morwong (Goniistius zonatus)
malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus); estuary cod; greasy cod; spotted river cod; estuary rock cod
hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)
humpback grouper (Chromileptes altivelis); panther grouper
glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)
mock swallowtail butterfly moth (Epicopeia hainesii)
Examples (35 in total)
The bird was covered with white feathers.
Birds of a feather flock together.
This bird's large wings enable it to fly very fast.