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蜿

wān

Character

What 蜿 means

1. used in {蜿蜒|wān yán}

Example sentences

• 蜿蜒的小路爬上了陡坡。
  Wānyán de xiǎolù páshàng le dǒupō.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
• 这条小路沿着陡峭的斜坡蜿蜒而上。
  Zhè tiáo xiǎolù yánzhe dǒuqiào de xiépō wānyán ér shàng.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

Words starting with 蜿

• 蜿蜒wān yán(of a snake) to wriggle along; (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind

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
• 惋wǎnto sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. wàn
• 豌wānused in 豌豆
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out
• 琬wǎnensign of royalty
• 菀wǎnused in 紫菀

Characters that look like 蜿

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

• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 蝴húused in 蝴蝶
• 蝇yíngfly; musca
• 蜥xī(bound form) lizard
• 蜈wúused in 蜈蚣

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
• 剜to scoop out; to gouge out
• 豌used in 豌豆
• 塆col; gully