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彎

彎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. まがる、まげる。弓形の形にする。
  2. 弓を引く。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「弓」+音符「䜌」。「弓をひく」や「まがる」を意味する漢語｛彎｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

curve, stretching a bow

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ワン
Kun (native)
  • ひ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音wan1
  • 한글man
  • Hán-ViệtLoan
  • Hán-ViệtThoăn

Basics

Strokes
22 strokes
Radical
彐(けいがしら)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5F4E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱䜌弓

Words using this kanji

  • 彎月わんげつ弓張り月のこと。 弓張り月の形に隊列を並べた陣形。crescent
  • 彎月状わんげつじょうcrescent shape

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-19-3
Four Corner
2220.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3h19.1
Nelson
1579