Kiokun Logo
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
🇨🇳

draw

HSK 10
wǎn
バン
おそ.い、ひ.く
Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (輓)
car+ avoid =
draw
Meaning component
car
Phonetic component
miǎn avoid
spare
View phonetic series →
Simplified (挽)
hand (side)+ avoid =
to pull
Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
Phonetic component
miǎn avoid
spare
View phonetic series →
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [wǎn]
variant of 挽[wǎn]; to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
Example Sentences