彎 U+5F4E, 彎 ← 彍[U+5F4D] CJK Unified Ideographs 彏 →[U+5F4F]
彎 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+19, 22 strokes, Cangjie input 女火弓 (VFN), four-corner 22207, composition ⿱龻弓)
- 壪(塆) 灣(湾) 䘎 𡤶 𡿞 𢺯 𣡩 𧆅 𨈊(𨂺) 𬣗 𱇋(𬶥)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 361, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9904
- Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1005, character 22
- Unihan data for U+5F4E
trad. 彎 simp. 弯
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qroːn): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons).
May be cognate with 迂 (OC *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa).
“homosexual” Semantic loan from English bent.
彎
- to bend; to make bent 彎腰／弯腰 ― wānyāo ― to bend over
- (Penang Hokkien) to turn; to make a turn; to change direction
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to draw a bow
- bent; curved; crooked; arched Antonym: 直 (zhí) 彎曲／弯曲 ― wānqū ― bent 彎路／弯路 ― wānlù ― curved road
- (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual Antonym: 直 (zhí) 彎男／弯男 ― wānnán ― gay man 變彎／变弯 ― biàn wān ― to turn a straight person gay
- bend; turn; curve; crook 彎子／弯子 ― wānzi ― bend 拐彎／拐弯 ― guǎiwān ― to turn (at a corner)
- (Chinese calligraphy) a bend (such as in ㇉, ㇌, ㇟, or ㇠)
- (灣／湾 (wān))
- a bend in a river
- a bend in the coastline; bay, gulf
- Classifier for bent objects, such as a quarter moon.
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to act shamelessly and unreasonably; to be a rascal
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be wronged
- (Suzhounese) that; those
- (basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜
Shinjitai(extended)
弯
Printstandard
彎
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弯)
- bend, curve
- stretching a bow
- Go-on: えん (en)←ゑん (wen, historical)
- Kan-on: わん (wan)
- Kun: ひく (hiku, 彎く)、ひきまかなう (hikimakanau, 彎う)
Kanji in this term 彎 わんHyōgai on’yomi
From Middle Chinese 彎 (MC ‘waen). Compare modern Mandarin 彎／弯 (wān).
Note that this character is replaced in modern Japanese by the simplified character 湾 (wan), rather than the simplified Chinese character 弯 (wān, “bend, curve”). The Japanese simplified version means bay or inlet when used on its own, but now also includes the bend, curve meanings when used in compounds.[1]
- (Tokyo) わん [wáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [β̞ã̠ɴ]
彎(わん) • (wan)
- a bend, a curve
彎 (eum 만 (man))
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彎: Hán Nôm readings: loan, thoăn
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