Kanji 餡 Words: Meanings and Readings

餡

あん

filling (of a dumpling, etc.)

餡こ

あんこ

filling (e.g. of a manjū)

うぐいす餡

うぐいすあん

sweet brownish-green paste made from green peas

こし餡

こしあん

strained bean paste

つぶし餡

つぶしあん

slightly crushed sweetened red-bean paste

べっ甲あん

べっこうあん

tortoiseshell sauce

みそ餡

みそあん

sweet paste of white beans and miso

葛あん

くずあん

kudzu sauce

銀あん

ぎんあん

thin starchy sauce

小倉あん

おぐらあん

sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans

白あん

しろあん

white bean jam

餅

あんも

mochi rice cake

粒あん

つぶあん

coarse anko

餡かけ

あんかけ

food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)

餡ころ

あんころ

mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam

餡ころ餅

あんころもち

mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam

餡パン

あんぱん

paint thinner (as an inhalant)

餡掛けうどん

あんかけうどん

udon in soup thickened with (powdered) kudzu

餡蜜

あんみつ

mixture of bean jam, boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup

餡饅

あんまん

steamed bun with sesame oil and anko filling