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Kanji Detail for 雁 - "wild goose"
雁
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Meaning
雁 means "wild goose." Also associated with waterfowl.
Wild goose - A migratory waterfowl.
Goose - A bird of the duck family.
Migration - Symbol of seasonal travel.
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Four-character idioms with 雁
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沈魚落雁
ちんぎょらくがん
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman
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沈魚落雁
ちんぎょらくがん
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Tattoo check: 雁
- Verified meaning: wild goose
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read いくま, がん)
- Also carries these associations: waterfowl
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 雁
Given names 雁(がん)
Surnames 雁(いくま)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
wild goose
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
wild goose
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
wild goose
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
wild goose
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A waterfowl name. Shaped like a goose. The beak is long and slightly yellow. The back is brown. The wings are tinged with blue-gray. The chest has black spots. When flying, they form orderly lines. They come in autumn and leave in spring, also called migratory birds. Sometimes written as 鴈.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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