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皖

Wǎn

Character

What 皖 means

1. short name for Anhui {安徽|Ān huī}

Words starting with 皖

• 皖南事变Wǎn nán Shì biànNew Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and…
• 皖系军阀Wǎn xì jūn fáAnhui faction of Northern Warlords 1911-c.1929

Words containing 皖

• 直皖战争Zhí Wǎn zhàn zhēngwar of 1920 between Northern Warlords, in which the Zhili faction beat the Anhui faction…

Characters built on 完

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

• 烷wánalkane
• 脘wǎninternal cavity of stomach

Characters that look like 皖

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

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 酰xiānacid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 皑ái(literary) white as snow
• 蜕tuìskin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate
• 睨nìto look askance at

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
• 绾bind up; string together
• 宛winding; as if
• 琬ensign of royalty
• 莞smile
• 菀used in 紫菀
• 脘internal cavity of stomach
• 畹a field of 20 or 30 mu