Kanji

Stroke count: 21

Meaning: widower, unmarried man

Kunyomi: やもめ やもお

Onyomi: カン コン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fish

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カンカ widow and widower, lonely people

寡孤独 カンカコドク with no one upon whom to depend, utter loneliness, the lonely and the helpless, people who have no kith or kin

Kunyomi Examples

やもめ widower, divorced man not remarried

やもめ暮らし やもめぐらし widowhood, widowerhood, viduity

寡男 やもお widower