雁

wild goose

12 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2192.

Readings

• ガン (on reading): 雁 (がん) wild goose; 雁木 (がんぎ) zigzag pattern
• かり (kun reading): 雁の使い (かりのつかい) (a) letter; 雁の文 (かりのふみ) (a) letter
• かりがね (kun reading): 雁骨 (かりがねぼね) scapula

Components

• 厂
• 倠
• ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
• 厂 radical cliff
• 隹 radical short-tailed bird

Kanji containing 雁

• 鷹 hawk
• 贋 counterfeit
• 應 answer
• 軅 soon after

Words using 雁

• 雁 (がん) wild goose
• 雁木 (がんぎ) zigzag pattern
• 雁字搦め (がんじがらめ) binding (someone) hand and foot
• 雁行 (がんこう) the flight formation of geese
• 落雁 (らくがん) rakugan
• 雁の使い (かりのつかい) (a) letter
• 雁の文 (かりのふみ) (a) letter
• 雁の便り (かりのたより) (a) letter
• 雁首 (かりくび) corona of glans penis
• 雁渡し (かりわたし) northern wind in early autumn
• 雁骨 (かりがねぼね) scapula

32 words in all.

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