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雁 kanji
wild goose
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ガン
Kun readings
かりかりがね
Variant forms
鳫鴈Words with 雁
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —雁皮紙traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy)
- —雁木鑢zigzag rasp
- —雁擬きganmodoki; fried tofu fritter made with vegetables
- —灰色雁eastern greylag goose (aquatic bird, Anser anser)
- —雁垂れkanji "cliff" radical (radical 27)
- —雁木鱝skate (Rajidae spp., esp. the Kwangtung skate, Dipturus kwangtungensis)
- —青雁皮aoganpi (Wikstroemia retusa); ganpi
- —犬雁足Oriental ostrich fern (Pentarhizidium orientale)
- —雁首草Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)
- —酒面雁swan goose (Anser cygnoides); Chinese goose
- —雁字搦めbinding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
- —沈魚落雁charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
- —カナダ雁Canada goose (Branta canadensis); Canadian goose
- —ハワイ雁Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis); nene
- —四十雀雁Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)
- —雁字搦みに(bind) firmly
- —雁首揃えるto sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting
- —疣雁木エイthornback ray (Raja clavata); thornback skate
- —雁首をそろえるto sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting
- —沈魚落雁閉月羞花charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame