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婉
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tactful

HSK 7
Human →Relations →Family
wǎn
エン
うつく.しい、したが.う
완
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 宛 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 宛 winding =
婉 tactful
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
宛 Phonetic component
wǎn winding
seem, as if, crooked
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
婉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
婉 [wǎn]
graceful; tactful
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
婉 えん
En female given name
CHINESE WORDS (27)
委婉 [wěi​wǎn] #13,674
tactful
婉转 [wǎn​zhuǎn] #20,396
(voice, music) suave
婉转 [wǎn​zhuǎn] #20,396
(voice, music) suave
温婉 [wēn​wǎn] #67,023
sweet-tempered
温婉 [wēn​wǎn] #67,023
sweet-tempered
婉拒 [wǎn​jù] #52,422
to tactfully decline
婉约 [wǎn​yuē] #29,557
graceful and subdued (style)
婉约 [wǎn​yuē] #29,557
graceful and subdued (style)
婉言 [wǎn​yán] #39,411
tactful
凄婉 [qī​wǎn] #42,986
melancholy
17 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
妖艶 [ようえん] #11,575
fascinating
⭐ 婉曲 [えんきょく] #39,933
euphemistic
婉然 [えんぜん] #74,271
graceful
婉曲的 [えんきょくてき] #75,228
euphemistic
優艶 [ゆうえん] #90,435
charming
婉曲表現 [えんきょくひょうげん] #108,308
euphemism
幽艶 [ゆうえん] #149,436
modest and beautiful
婉美 [えんび] #177,846
elegant beauty
柔婉 [じゅうえん] #199,106
simple
婉曲法 [えんきょくほう]
euphemism
3 more items