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剜

wān

Character

What 剜 means

1. to scoop out
2. to gouge out

Characters built on 宛

These share the phonetic component 宛 (wǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 碗wǎnbowl; cup
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 婉wǎngraceful; tactful
• 蜿wānused in 蜿蜒
• 惋wǎnto sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 豌wānused in 豌豆
• 琬wǎnensign of royalty
• 菀wǎnused in 紫菀

Characters that look like 剜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 浏liúclear; deep (of water); swift
• 副fùsecondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 剃tìto shave
• 俐lìused in 伶俐
• 剐guǎcut off the flesh as punishment

Sounds the same

Read wān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 弯to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
• 湾bay; gulf; to cast anchor
• 蜿used in 蜿蜒
• 豌used in 豌豆
• 塆col; gully