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Readings

Kana: ガン、かり、かりがね
Romaji: gan, kari, karigane
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

wild goose

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  27
Frequency:  2192
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  3-2-10
Korean Reading:  an
Chinese Reading:  yan4
Unicode:  96c1
JIS:  3467

Indexes

Nelson Index: 830
New Nelson Index: 6498
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2p10.3
Four Corner Index: 7121.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41960
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0985
Remembering the kanji Index: 2150
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2597
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2273
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3741

Words

(がん、かり、ガン、カリ)
wild goose; glans; head of a penis
雁首 (かりくび、カリくび)
(something resembling a) goose's neck; glans; head of a penis
雁首をそろえる (がんくびをそろえる)
to sit silently at a meeting
雁首 (がんくび)
head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment; neck; head
雁首揃える (がんくびそろえる)
to sit silently at a meeting
雁が音 (かりがね、カリガネ)
call of a wild goose; wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro)
カナダ雁 (カナダがん、カナダガン)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
雁爪 (がんづめ、がんずめ)
Japanese rake
雁字搦め (がんじがらめ)
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
雁書 (がんしょ)
letter
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