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湾 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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3Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ワンわん · wan
Kun
いりえirie
Meaning
bay; gulf

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 彎 "to curve": a coast curving inward — a bay.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onワンわんwan湾内わんない湾入わんにゅう港湾こうわん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 湾岸わんがん

    bay shore; the gulf coast

  • 台湾たいわん

    Taiwan

More words with this kanji

  • 湾曲わんきょく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

湾(わん)の向(む)こうに島(しま)が見(み)える。

An island is visible across the bay.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

台湾湾岸湾台stand岸shore没sink泌secret…浪waves湿damp滅perish腕arm椀wooden…碗bowl綰to coi…蜿windin…
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Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ワンAll maps

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