Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.
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变 transform (simp)孌 docile (trad)孿 twins (alt) (trad)巒 pointed (trad)戀 be enamored of (trad)攣 crooked (trad)欒 name of tree (trad)臠 small lump of meat (trad)蠻 barbaric (trad)變 change (trad)鑾 bells hung on horse (trad)鸞 fabulous bird (trad)引 draw發 send out (trad)隽 outstanding (simp)雋 talented (trad)弘 noble穹 high and vast芎 a kind of herb躬 stoop
Historical Evolution
弯
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
弯
Regular
Modern
Chinese
弯 / 彎 [wān]
to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in the road etc); CL:道[dào]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (42)
转弯 [zhuǎnwān] #6,659
to turn
弯曲 [wānqū] #9,813
to bend
弯腰 [wānyāo] #11,909
to stoop
拐弯 [guǎiwān] #17,659
to go round a curve
拐弯抹角 [guǎiwānmòjiǎo] #15,382
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
急转弯 [jízhuǎnwān] #18,499
to make a sudden turn
弯路 [wānlù] #32,472
winding road
臂弯 [bìwān] #18,631
crook of the arm
弯弯 [Wānwān] #37,351
Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist
弯道 [wāndào] #20,847
winding road
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JAPANESE WORDS (10)
⭐ 湾曲 [わんきょく] #27,362
curve
湾入 [わんにゅう] #149,666
embayment
大弯 [だいわん] #251,724
greater curvature (of the stomach)
脊椎側湾症 [せきついそくわんしょう] #259,081
scoliosis
鼻中隔湾曲症 [びちゅうかくわんきょくしょう] #271,238
nasal septum deviation
彎月 [わんげつ] #295,479
crescent
側湾症 [そくわんしょう]
scoliosis
小弯 [しょうわん]
lesser curvature (of the stomach)
彎月状 [わんげつじょう]
crescent shape
脊柱側湾症 [せきちゅうそくわんしょう]
scoliosis