Japanese symbol for “splashes”
跳ね
はね
Romaji: hane
(a) jump
In Japanese, splashes is 跳ね, read はね (hane).
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Meanings
- n (a) jump
- n splashes (usu. of mud)
- n upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo)
- n close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
- n hane (move) (go)
Written forms: 跳ね、撥ね. Readings: はね、ハネ.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跳躍 | ちょうやく chouyaku | jump; leap; skip |
| 跳ねる | はねる haneru | to jump; to leap; to prance |
| 縄跳び | なわとび nawatobi | skipping rope; jump rope |
| 跳馬 | ちょうば chouba | long horse (for vaulting) |
| 棒高跳び | ぼうたかとび boutakatobi | pole vault |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.