弯
to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); CL:道[dao4]
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,584 U+5F2F
How 弯 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Like 亦 a bow 弓
How to remember it
curved · Heisig RSH #1492
apple + 弓 bow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 弯 as their sound component
These characters all use 弯 (wān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弯 sound component | wān | bend, curve, turn |
| 湾 | wān | bay, cove, gulf, inlet |
Words containing 弯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弯道超车 | wān dào chāo chē | to overtake on a bend (driving); (fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift … |
| 弯曲空间 | wān qū kōng jiān | curved space |
| 弯管面 | wān guǎn miàn | elbow pasta |
| 走弯路 | zǒu wān lù | to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method |
| 弯曲度 | wān qū dù | curvature; camber |
| 弯月形透镜 | wān yuè xíng tòu jìng | meniscus lens |
| 存水弯 | cún shuǐ wān | trap (plumbing); U-bend |
| 弯子 | wān zi | bend; turn; curve |
| 急转弯 | jí zhuǎn wān | to make a sudden turn |
| 绕弯子儿 | rào wān zǐ r | lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the… |
| 弯道 | wān dào | winding road; road curve |
| 弯液面 | wān yè miàn | meniscus (physics) |
| 弯路 | wān lù | winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) |
| 弯角 | wān jiǎo | corner; bend; curve |
| 转弯 | zhuǎn wān | to turn; to go around a corner |
| 转弯抹角 | zhuǎn wān mò jiǎo | see 拐彎抹角|拐弯抹角[guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3] |
| 弯月 | wān yuè | crescent moon; crescent shape |
| 曲里拐弯 | qū lǐ guǎi wān | winding and turning (idiom) |
| 弯曲 | wān qū | to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp |
| 弯弯曲曲 | wān wān qū qū | curved; meandering; zigzagging |