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宛

wǎn

Character

What 宛 means

1. winding
2. as if

Other readings

宛 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wǎnsurname Wan

Words starting with 宛

• 宛如wǎn rúto be just like
• 宛若wǎn ruòto be just like
• 宛然wǎn ránas if; just like
• 宛转wǎn zhuǎnsinuous; meandering; to take a circuitous route
• 宛城区Wǎn chéng QūWancheng, a district of Nanyang City 南阳市
• 宛城Wǎn chéngsee 宛城区

Words containing 宛

• 立陶宛Lì táo wǎnLithuania
• 大宛Dà Yuānancient state of central Asia
• 立陶宛人Lì táo wǎn rénLithuanian (person)
• 委宛wěi wǎnvariant of 委婉

Characters that look like 宛

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

• 或huòmaybe; perhaps; might
• 庭tíngmain hall; front courtyard; law court
• 疯fēnginsane; mad; wild
• 庇bìto protect; cover; shelter
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb

Sounds the same

Read wǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 晚evening; night; late
• 碗bowl; cup
• 惋to sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 挽to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up
• 婉graceful; tactful
• 皖short name for Anhui 安徽
• 绾bind up; string together
• 琬ensign of royalty
• 莞smile
• 菀used in 紫菀
• 脘internal cavity of stomach
• 畹a field of 20 or 30 mu