羽

Alternative forms

 * In scripts, Japanese  and Vietnamese, the two strokes in the component  are written in opposite directions.
 * In Korean, the two strokes in the component are written in the same direction , which is also the historical form found in the.
 * A exists at   for the historical form found in the.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/羽

Glyph origin

 * wings or feathers.

Etymology 1
Either from, whence 🇨🇬 (STEDT), or (STEDT).

Definitions

 * 1) feather; plume
 * 2) wing
 * 3)  birds
 * 4)  fletching
 * 5)  arrow
 * 6)  banner; flag
 * 7)  letter
 * 8)  feather fan
 * 9)  float object attached to a fishing line
 * 10)  friends; comrades
 * 11)  fifth note in the Chinese pentatonic scale
 * 1)  friends; comrades
 * 2)  fifth note in the Chinese pentatonic scale
 * 1)  fifth note in the Chinese pentatonic scale

Etymology 2
Based on a commentary to the following passage from the ' in the ' by the Eastern Han scholar (鄭玄, 127–200): 「弓而羽閷，末應將發. 」 The Tang-era scholar (賈公彥) considers Zheng's reading as. The textual quality of the passage, along with the meaning of the Zheng–Jia commentaries, has been called into question.

Definitions

 * 1) slow and relaxed the same as
 * 1) slow and relaxed the same as

Etymology 1
Appears in the  of 938.

Compound of 🇰🇲, originally referring specifically to where the quill of a feather attaches to the skin. Over time, the meaning broadened to refer to a feather, and from there, to refer to a wing.

Noun

 * 1)  the portion of a feather where the quill attaches to the skin
 * 2) a feather, down, plume
 * 3) a wing as of a bird, bat, insect, or airplane
 * 4) a fletching on an arrow
 * 5) a shuttlecock
 * 6) a blade (of a fan)
 * 1) a fletching on an arrow
 * 2) a shuttlecock
 * 3) a blade (of a fan)
 * 1) a blade (of a fan)
 * 1) a blade (of a fan)

Etymology 2
From.

May be cognate with.

Noun

 * 1) a feather including synthetic feathers, as on a modern shuttlecock
 * 2) a wing as of a bird, bat, insect, or airplane
 * 3) a fletching on an arrow
 * 4)  when a bow is strung, the distance between the grip and the serving  on the bowstring
 * 5) the thin, flange-like overhanging part of a tea ceremony kettle
 * 6) a  with various designs of bird feathers
 * 1) a  with various designs of bird feathers
 * 1) a  with various designs of bird feathers

Usage notes
When suffixed, the -ha changes to either or  due to, or  due to , as in  →  →.

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1)  the fifth and highest note in the Chinese pentatonic scale

Affix

 * 1) wing

Hanja




Etymology
First attested in the  (712 ).

Possibly cognate with.

Noun

 * 1) a feather, down, plume
 * 2) a wing
 * 3) a fletching on an arrow
 * 1) a fletching on an arrow
 * 1) a fletching on an arrow