雁 — kanji meaning “wild goose”
雁
wild goose
- Meanings
- wild goose
- On'yomi
- ガン (gan)
- Kun'yomi
- かり、かりがね
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2192 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 172
- Chinese reading
- yàn — Chinese character page
Words with 雁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雁首 | かりくび karikubi | corona of glans penis; corona glandis penis |
| 雁首 | がんくび gankubi | head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank) |
| 落雁 | らくがん rakugan | rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern |
| 雁字搦め | がんじがらめ ganjigarame | binding (someone) hand and foot |
| 雁木 | がんぎ gangi | zigzag pattern; zigzag formation |
| 雁行 | がんこう gankou | the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out |
| 雁皮 | がんぴ ganpi | Diplomorpha sikokiana (species of flowering plant) |
| 雁皮紙 | がんぴし ganpishi | traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) |
| 雁の使い | かりのつかい karinotsukai | (a) letter; person carrying a letter |
| 雁の文 | かりのふみ karinofumi | (a) letter |
| 雁の便り | かりのたより karinotayori | (a) letter |
| 雁骨 | かりがねぼね kariganebone | scapula; shoulder blade |
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