碗 — Chinese character
碗
wǎn
bowl, small dish
- Pinyin
- wǎn
- Radical
- 112 ⽯ (Stone)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 石 宛
- Formation
- pictophonetic — stone; meaning component 石; sound component 宛
- Japanese
- 碗 as a kanji
Common words with 碗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饭碗 (飯碗) | fàn wǎn | rice bowl; fig. livelihood |
| 洗碗 | xǐ wǎn | to wash the dishes |
| 铁饭碗 (鐵飯碗) | tiě fàn wǎn | secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) |
| 洗碗机 (洗碗機) | xǐ wǎn jī | dishwasher |
| 茶碗 | chá wǎn | teacup |
| 碗筷 | wǎn kuài | bowl and chopsticks; tableware |
| 丢饭碗 (丟飯碗) | diū fàn wǎn | to lose one's job |
| 锅碗瓢盆 (鍋碗瓢盆) | guō wǎn piáo pén | kitchen utensils (literary) |
| 瓷碗 | cí wǎn | porcelain bowl |
| 汤碗 (湯碗) | tāng wǎn | soup bowl |
| 碗柜 (碗櫃) | wǎn guì | cupboard |
| 盖碗 (蓋碗) | gài wǎn | lidded teacup |
English words written with 碗
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.