弯 — Chinese character
弯
wān
bend, curve, turn
- Pinyin
- wān
- Radical
- 57 ⼸ (Bow)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亦 弓
- Formation
- ideographic — Like 亦 a bow 弓
- Traditional
- 彎
- Japanese
- 弯 as a kanji
Common words with 弯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弯曲 (彎曲) | wān qū | to bend; to curve around |
| 转弯 (轉彎) | zhuǎn wān | to turn; to go around a corner |
| 弯腰 (彎腰) | wān yāo | to stoop |
| 弯道 (彎道) | wān dào | winding road; road curve |
| 弯路 (彎路) | wān lù | winding road; roundabout route |
| 急转弯 (急轉彎) | jí zhuǎn wān | to make a sudden turn |
| 拐弯 (拐彎) | guǎi wān | to go round a curve; to turn a corner |
| 臂弯 (臂彎) | bì wān | crook of the arm |
| 拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角) | guǎi wān mò jiǎo | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way |
| 弯折 (彎折) | wān zhé | to bend |
| 弯弯曲曲 (彎彎曲曲) | wān wān qū qū | curved; meandering |
| 走弯路 (走彎路) | zǒu wān lù | to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method |
English words written with 弯
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.