婉
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graceful; tactful
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,616 U+5A49
How 婉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 宛 (phonetic, wǎn)
How to remember it
tactful · Heisig RSH #2453
女 woman + mailbox
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 宛
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 宛 (wǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宛 sound component | wǎn | to seem; as if; crooked |
| 碗 | wǎn | bowl, small dish |
| 腕 | wàn | wrist |
| 豌 | wān | peas |
| 菀 | yù | luxuriant foliage |
| 惋 | wǎn | to regret, to be sorry |
| 箢 | yuān | used in 箢箕[yuan1 ji1] and 箢篼[yuan1 dou1]; Taiwan pr. [wan3] |
| 畹 | wǎn | a field of 20-30 mu |
| 剜 | wān | to cut; to cut out, to pick out, to scoop out |
| 琬 | wǎn | fine jade; nobility |
Words containing 婉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 委婉语 | wěi wǎn yǔ | euphemism |
| 委婉词 | wěi wǎn cí | euphemism |
| 婉言 | wǎn yán | tactful; diplomatic; mild and indirect |
| 清婉 | qīng wǎn | clear and soft (voice) |
| 婉转 | wǎn zhuǎn | (voice, music) suave; mellow; (speech) indirect; tactful |
| 婉如 | wǎn rú | variant of 宛如[wan3 ru2] |
| 婉词 | wǎn cí | euphemism |
| 婉约 | wǎn yuē | graceful and subdued (style) |
| 温婉 | wēn wǎn | sweet-tempered; gentle |
| 婉称 | wǎn chēng | euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death) |
| 委婉 | wěi wǎn | tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft |
| 婉辞 | wǎn cí | tactful expression; to politely decline |
| 哀婉 | āi wǎn | (esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving |
| 婉妙 | wǎn miào | sweet; soft; lovely (of sounds and voices) |
| 谐婉 | xié wǎn | mild and harmonious |
| 凄婉 | qī wǎn | melancholy; moving and sad; sweet and piteous |
| 婉拒 | wǎn jù | to tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully |