湾

See also 灣

Translingual

simpl.		湾
trad.		灣

Etymology

Simplified from 灣 (彎 → 弯) ( → 亦).

Han character

湾 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水卜金弓 (EYCN))

1. bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 639, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17920
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1683, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6E7E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

湾 (traditional 灣, jyutping waan¹, Yale waan¹)

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Japanese

Kanji

湾 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: わん (wan)
• Kun: いりえ (irie)

Compounds

• 湾曲
• 湾入

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Mandarin

Hanzi

湾 (traditional 灣, pinyin wān (wan1), Wade-Giles wan¹)

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ uan˥˥ ]

Noun

湾 (simplified, POJ oan, traditional 灣)

1. bay