Kanji
雁
kanji character
wild goose
雁 kanji-雁 wild goose
雁
Meaning
wild goose
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かり がね call of a wild goose
- かり また forked arrowhead
- かり のふみ (a) letter
- かりがね ぼね scapula
- かりがね そう blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata)
On'yomi
- がん こう the flight formation of geese
- がん しょ letter
- がん づめ claw hoe
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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雁 Gan, The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai) -
雁 行 the flight formation of geese, lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese, leading out -
雁 骨 scapula, shoulder blade -
雁 首 head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank), neck... -
雁 書 letter -
雁 爪 claw hoe, coal-trimming rake -
雁 木 zigzag pattern, zigzag formation, steps down from a pier... -
雁 足 ostrich fern, Onoclea orientalis -
雁 皮 Diplomorpha sikokiana (species of flowering plant), paper made from the fibre of this plant -
雁 草 blue spirea (Caryopteris divaricata), blue mist shrub -
雁 金 call of a wild goose, wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus)... -
雁 下 area below the pectoral muscle -
雁 股 forked arrowhead, double-headed arrow -
雁 の文 (a) letter -
雁 擬 きganmodoki, fried tofu fritter made with vegetables -
落 雁 rakugan, dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar... -
真 雁 greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) -
雁 垂 れkanji "cliff" radical (radical 27) -
野 雁 bustard (esp. the great bustard, Otis tarda) -
雁 渡 しnorthern wind in early autumn -
白 雁 snow goose (Chen caerulescens), blue goose -
過 雁 flying goose -
孤 雁 solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying) -
雁 が音 call of a wild goose, wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus)... -
雁 ヶ音 call of a wild goose, wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus)... -
雁 ケ音 call of a wild goose, wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus)... -
帰 雁 wild geese returning north in the spring -
鴻 雁 wild geese, large geese and small geese -
黒 雁 brent goose (Branta bernicla), brant, brant goose -
雁 皮 紙 traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy)