Entry
  1. Noun

    flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); buzz (of bees, etc.)

    その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。
    All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
  2. whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

feathers, counter for birds, rabbits

Kun
はね
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
748 of 2500
Radical
feather
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

しゅう

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
2b4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1712.0Four corner code
3553deroo
7fbdUnicode hex code
1-17-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3673Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4675New Nelson (John Haig)
226New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
265Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
167Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
200Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
573Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
615Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
732A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
246Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
967Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28614PMorohashi
812A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
590Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
600Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
835Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
82henshall3
117Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
491Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1570Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
580Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu3Pinyin reading
uKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sound, noise

Kun
おと
On
オンイン-ノン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
491 of 2500
Radical
sound
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-7, 2-5-4SKIP code
5b4.3The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
478deroo
97f3Unicode hex code
1-18-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5110Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6607New Nelson (John Haig)
2070New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2570Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1312Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
479Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
518Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
402A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
962Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
206Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43265Morohashi
6A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
347Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
347Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50sakade
274Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
33henshall3
78Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
620Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.18busy_people
1879Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
490Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin1Pinyin reading
eumKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level