羽根

はね

feather

Also:wing, blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.), shuttlecock (in badminton)

What does 羽根 mean?

羽根 is a Japanese noun meaning feather in English. It can also be translated as wing, blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.), shuttlecock (in badminton) depending on context. It is written as 羽根 in kanji, はね in hiragana, and hane in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.