彎

See also: 弯

彎 U+5F4E, 彎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F4E ← 彍 [U+5F4D] CJK Unified Ideographs 彏 → [U+5F4F]

Translingual

Han character

彎 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓 (VFN), four-corner 2220₇, composition ⿱龻弓)

Derived characters

• 壪(塆) 灣(湾) 䘎 𡤶 𡿞 𢺯 𣡩 𧆅 𨈊(𨂺) 𬣗 𱇋(𬶥)

References

• KangXi: page 361, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9904
• Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1005, character 22
• Unihan data for U+5F4E

Chinese

trad.		彎
simp.		弯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (䜌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蠻	*mroːn
矕	*mroːnʔ
變	*prons
鸞	*b·roːn
巒	*b·roːn
灤	*b·roːn
欒	*b·roːn
鑾	*b·roːn
臠	*b·roːn, *b·ronʔ
羉	*b·roːn
䜌	*b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons
灓	*b·roːn, *b·roːns, *b·rons
圝	*b·roːn
曫	*b·roːn
孿	*smroːns, *smrons
彎	*qroːn
灣	*qroːn
攣	*b·ron
孌	*b·ronʔ, *b·rons
戀	*b·rons
㪻	*pʰlons, *klons

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qroːn): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons).

Etymology

May be cognate with 迂 (OC *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa).

“homosexual”

Semantic loan from English bent.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wān (wan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vân
• Jin (Wiktionary): van¹
• Min Dong (BUC): uăng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): oaiⁿ / oan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uêng¹ / uang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ¹ue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wan
    • Wade–Giles: wan¹
    • Yale: wān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uan
    • Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan¹
    • Yale: wāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân
    • Hakka Romanization System: van´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van¹
    • Sinological IPA: /van²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: van¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /væ̃¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oaiⁿ / oan
    • Tâi-lô: uainn / uan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: voay, oafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uãi³³/, /uan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uãi⁴⁴/, /uan⁴⁴/

Note:

• oaiⁿ - vernacular;
• oan - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: uêng¹ / uang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ueng / uang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ueŋ³³/, /uaŋ³³/

Note:

• uêng1 - Chaozhou;
• uang1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chenghai, Chaoyang.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wugniu: ¹ue
  • Wiktionary Romanisation: ¹ue
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue̞⁵³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 彎
Mandarin	Beijing	/uan⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/uan⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/van²¹/
	Jinan	/vã²¹³/
	Qingdao	/vã²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/uan²⁴/
	Xi'an	/uã²¹/
	Xining	/uã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/van⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/vɛ̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/van⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/uan⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/uan⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/uan⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/uã̠⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/uaŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/uæ̃²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/væ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uɑŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/væ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ue⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ue̞⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔuõ³³/
	Wenzhou	/v̠a³³/
Hui	Shexian	/uɛ³¹/
	Tunxi	/uːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/uan³³/
	Xiangtan	/uan³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/uan⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/van⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/vɑn²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/wan⁵³/
	Nanning	/wan⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/wan⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/uan⁵⁵/ /uãi⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/uaŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/yiŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/uaŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/uaŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'waen

Rime
Character	彎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	刪 (70)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	烏關切
Baxter	'waen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠuan/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔʷᵚan/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuɐn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔwaɨn/
Li Rong	/ʔuan/
Wang Li	/wan/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔwan/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waan1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qroːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彎
Reading #	1/1
No.	8626
Phonetic component	
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	彎
Old Chinese	/*qroːn/

Definitions

彎

1. to bend; to make bent

   彎腰／弯腰  ―  wānyāo  ―  to bend over

2. ^† to draw a bow
3. bent; curved; crooked; arched

   彎曲／弯曲  ―  wānqū  ―  bent

   彎路／弯路  ―  wānlù  ―  curved road

   Antonym: 直 (zhí)

4. (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual

   彎男／弯男  ―  wānnán  ―  gay man

   變彎／变弯  ―  biàn wān  ―  to turn a straight person gay

   Antonym: 直 (zhí)

5. a bend; turn; curve; crook

   彎子／弯子  ―  wānzǐ  ―  a bend

   拐彎／拐弯  ―  guǎiwān  ―  to turn (at a corner)

6. (Chinese calligraphy) a bend (such as in ㇉, ㇌, ㇟, or ㇠)
7. (灣／湾 (wān))
   1. a bend in a river
   2. a bend in the coastline; bay, gulf
8. Classifier for bent objects, such as a quarter moon.
9. (Penang Hokkien) to turn; to make a turn; to change direction

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		轉, 拐
Mandarin	Beijing	拐
	Taiwan	轉
	Malaysia	轉
	Singapore	轉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Macau	轉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	轉
	Penang (Guangfu)	轉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	轉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斡
Min Nan	Xiamen	斡
	Quanzhou	斡
	Zhangzhou	斡
	Tainan	斡
	Penang (Hokkien)	彎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	斡
	Manila (Hokkien)	斡
	Chaozhou	斡
	Shantou	斡

Coordinate terms

• (basic character strokes) 點／点 (diǎn), 橫／横, 豎／竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤／钩 (gōu), 彎／弯 (wān), 斜

Compounds

• 一彎／一弯
• 大轉彎／大转弯
• 寧折不彎／宁折不弯
• 彎奔／弯奔
• 彎子／弯子 (wānzi)
• 彎度／弯度 (wāndù)
• 彎弓／弯弓
• 彎弓搭箭／弯弓搭箭
• 彎彎曲曲／弯弯曲曲
• 彎曲／弯曲 (wānqū)
• 彎琴／弯琴 (wānqín)
• 彎腰駝背／弯腰驼背
• 彎路／弯路 (wānlù)
• 彎跧／弯跧
• 彎道／弯道 (wāndào)
• 彎鉤／弯钩 (wāngōu)
• 急彎／急弯 (jíwān)
• 急轉彎／急转弯 (jízhuǎnwān)
• 截彎取直／截弯取直
• 拐彎／拐弯 (guǎiwān)
• 拉彎兒／拉弯儿
• 拐彎抹角／拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo)
• 曲曲彎彎／曲曲弯弯
• 曲裡拐彎／曲里拐弯
• 畫黛彎蛾／画黛弯蛾 (huàdàiwān'é)
• 盤馬彎弓／盘马弯弓
• 繞彎兒／绕弯儿
• 繞彎子／绕弯子 (rào wānzi)
• 臂彎／臂弯 (bìwān)
• 豎折彎鉤／竖折弯钩 (shùzhéwāngōu)
• 轉彎／转弯
• 轉彎子／转弯子
• 轉彎抹角／转弯抹角 (zhuǎnwānmòjiǎo)
• 遛彎兒／遛弯儿

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (彎):

• → Japanese: 彎(わん) (wan)
• → Korean: 만(彎) (man)
• → Vietnamese: loan (彎)

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	弯
Kyūjitai	彎

Kanji

彎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弯)

1. bend, curve
2. stretching a bow

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kan-on: わん (wan)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 彎く); ひきまかなう (hikimakanau, 彎う)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
彎
わん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 彎 (MC 'waen). Compare modern Mandarin 彎／弯 (wān).

Note that this character is replaced in modern Japanese by the simplified character 湾 (wan), rather than the simplified Chinese character 弯 (wān, “bend, curve”). The Japanese simplified version means bay or inlet when used on its own, but now also includes the bend, curve meanings when used in compounds.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わ​ん [wáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝã̠ɴ]

Noun

彎(わん) • (wan) 

1. a bend, a curve

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 彎月, 湾月 (わんげつ, ​wangetsu): a crescent moon
• 彎曲, 湾曲 (わんきょく, ​wankyoku): a bend, a curve
• 彎屈, 湾屈 (わんくつ, ​wankutsu): bending over, stooping
• 彎珠 (わんじゅ, ​wanju): alternate name for 袴葛 (hakamakazura), a kind of orchid tree: Phanera japonica, syn. Bauhinia japonica
• 彎入, 湾入 (わんにゅう, ​wannyū): an inlet or bay along a coast

Korean

Hanja

彎 (eum 만 (man))

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Vietnamese

Han character

彎: Hán Nôm readings: loan, thoăn

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