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Zach

Readings

Kana: カン、コン、やもめ、やもお
Romaji: kan, kon, yamome, yamoo
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

widower, unmarried man

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  21
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-10
Korean Reading:  hwan
Chinese Reading:  guan1
Unicode:  9c25
JIS:  725D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5321
New Nelson Index: 6908
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a10.5
Four Corner Index: 2633.3
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46382
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0763

Words

寡男 (やもお)
widower
男やもめ (おとこやもめ)
widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man
鰥寡孤独 (かんかこどく)
with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin
男やもめに蛆がわく (おとこやもめにうじがわく)
Widowers are untidy; A man alone soon goes to seed; A man goes to pieces without a woman to look after him
(やもめ)
widower; divorced man not remarried
鰥寡 (かんか)
widow and widower; lonely people
やもめ暮らし (やもめぐらし)
widowhood; widowerhood; viduity
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