Kanji Detail for 翎 - "feather, plume decoration"

翎

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
翎 means "feather, plume decoration."
1. Feather - A bird's plume.
2. Plume decoration - A feather ornament on caps given to meritorious officials during the Qing dynasty.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

feather; plume; wing

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

feather; plume; wing

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

tail feathers; plume

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

plume, tail feathers

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Bird feathers. Such as 翎毛 (plumage). | Arrow feathers are also called 翎. Referring to decorations on both sides of the arrow shaft like bird feathers. So that it rides the air without falling. | 花翎 (peacock feather) and 藍翎 (blue feather). Were cap decorations in Qing times to reward meritorious service. Also simply called 翎. Such as 翎頂 (feathered cap button).
Onyomi

rei(れい)

ryoh(りょう)
Kunyomi

hane(はね)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

羽 (hane)
Related Keywords
feather bird plume decoration ornament caps given meritorious officials qing dynasty