Chinese symbol for “bend”
弯
wān
Traditional: 彎
to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); measure word: 道 (dào)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bend is 弯 (wān), defined as: to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); measure word: 道 (dào).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bend”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弯曲 (彎曲) | wān qū | to bend; to curve around |
| 戾 | lì | to bend; to violate |
| 河曲 | hé qū | bend (of a river); meander |
| 弯折 (彎折) | wān zhé | to bend |
| 诎 (詘) | qū | to bend; to yield |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bend”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.