雁 — 12 strokes / Radical「隹」
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- On
- ガンがん · gan
- Kun
- かり・かりがねkari · karigane
- Meaning
- wild goose
Stroke order
Origin
A bird with an element for forming a line: the bird that migrates in formation — the wild goose.
Compounds
- 雁かり
wild goose
- 雁行がんこう
flying in formation; going in line
Example
秋の空を雁が渡っていく。
Wild geese cross the autumn sky.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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