Word Meaning

がんだれ gandare

厂 is read as がんだれ (gandare) and means kanji "cliff" radical (radical 27).

Meaning

English

  1. kanji "cliff" radical (radical 27)

Reading

Kana

がんだれ

Romaji

gandare

Writing Variants

  • 雁垂れ がんだれ gandare

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 2 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

9

かんはかんじのぶしゅのひとつだ。

It is one of the radicals used in kanji.

このじはうえにかんをふくんでいる。

This character contains that component at the top.

せんせいはこくばんにかんをかいた。

The teacher wrote that character on the blackboard.

じしょでかんのぶしゅめいをしらべた。

I looked up the name of that radical in the dictionary.

かんはきりたったがけのかたちにみえる。

It looks like the shape of a steep cliff.

ふるいせつめいではかんにいわあなのいみをみとめることがある。

Older explanations sometimes also assign it the meaning of a rock cave.

かんをおぼえるとじけいのみわけがしやすい。

If you remember that component, character shapes become easier to distinguish.

ふるいじしょではかんをがんのりゃくじとしてあつかうこともある。

In old character dictionaries, it is sometimes treated as an abbreviated form for wild goose.

かんはたんどくよりぶしゅとしてみることがおおい。

It is seen more often as a radical than on its own.