弯

See also: 彎

弯 U+5F2F, 弯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F2F ← 弮 [U+5F2E] CJK Unified Ideographs 弰 → [U+5F30]

Translingual

Han character

弯 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金弓 (YCN), composition ⿱𰁜弓 or ⿱亦弓)

Derived characters

• 塆 湾 𨂺 𬶥 𭉎 𭺯 𮍽 𰐡 𰐢

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 358, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 995, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5F2F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 彎 (龻 → 𰁜)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 弯 – see 彎 (“to bend; to make bent; to turn; to make a turn; to change direction; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 彎).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	弯
Kyūjitai	彎

Kanji

弯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彎)

1. bend, curve
2. stretching a bow

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kan-on: わん (wan)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 弯く)