宛
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winding; as if
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 宛
- Common rank
- #3,077
- Unicode
- U+5B9B
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How 宛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
宀 meaning “roof” + 夗 sound ()
Components 宀 夗
How to remember it
winding · Heisig RSH #2451
house + nameplate — as a component also called: mailbox
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 宛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宛城区 | Wancheng, a district of Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan | |
| 立陶宛人 | Lithuanian (person) | |
| 大宛 | ancient state of central Asia | |
| 宛城 | see 宛城區|宛城区[Wan3 cheng2 Qu1] | |
| 宛转 | sinuous; meandering; to take a circuitous route; to toss about; vicissitudes; variant of 婉… | |
| 宛然 | as if; just like | |
| 宛如 | to be just like | |
| 立陶宛 | Lithuania | |
| 委宛 | variant of 委婉[wei3 wan3] | |
| 宛若 | to be just like |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 夗 — compare how they read.