湾 Kanji: Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order (JLPT N2)

Readings

On readingワン

JLPT level: N2 Jōyō Grade 8Level 37

Meanings

gulfRtK
bay
inlet

Homonyms

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Same reading (わん)

Radicals and components

Radical水water 氵variant 氺variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · apple · bow (弓)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1886

Compound words

gulf coast; bay coast

blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

Attack on Pearl Harbor

台湾飯匙倩タイワンはぶ

Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)

Additional Examples

大きな船が、湾内にいかりをおろしている。

A big ship is anchored near here.tatoeba

台湾料理はインド料理ほど辛くない。

Taiwanese food is milder than Indian food.tatoeba

台湾は１９５０年代の経済の奇蹟などと呼べるものではなかった。

Taiwan was far from being any kind of economic miracle in the 1950s.tatoeba

台湾にいたとき私は彼と友達になった。

While I was in Taiwan, I made friends with him.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Bay. 氵 (water) + 弯 (curve) — water curving into the land. 東京湾 — Tokyo Bay.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 湾

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step