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脘

wǎn

Character

What 脘 means

1. internal cavity of stomach

Characters built on 月

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

• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 胺àn(chemistry) amine; colloquial pr. ān; Taiwan pr. ān
• 膳shànmeals
• 胭yānrouge
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
• 潸shāntearfully

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
• 宛winding; as if
• 琬ensign of royalty
• 莞smile
• 菀used in 紫菀
• 畹a field of 20 or 30 mu