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Kanji for Feather
The kanji for “feather” is 羽, read u and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
feather
Feathers and wings; lightness and the freedom to fly.
6 strokes On reading ウ (u) Kun reading は、わ、はね (ha, wa, hane) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
Readings used for names on Nazuke: u, ha, ba
In Japan it appears in about 1,173 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 羽: Evan 恵羽 · Amber 安羽 · Robert 路羽音 · Trevor 音礼羽 · Vanessa 羽音冴 · Jennifer 慈恵新羽 · Kimberly 錦羽里 · Savannah 冴羽七 · Vi 羽生 · Ava 英羽 · Bao 羽宇 · Bud 羽道 and 255 more
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