# 彎

| 彎 | U+5F4E, &#24398; 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 2220$_7$, composition ⿱龻弓)

#### Derived characters

* 壪(塆) 灣(湾) 䘎 𡤶 𡿞 𢺯 𣡩 𧆅 𨈊(𨂺) 𬣗 𱇋(𬶥)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 / 形声, 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 (wan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vân
    (Hailu, HRS): van$^ˋ$
* Jin (Wiktionary): van$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): uăng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): uang$^1$ / uong$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): oaiⁿ / oan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): uêng$^1$ / uang$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$ue
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wān
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wan
*** Wade–Giles: wan$^1$
*** Yale: wān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uan
*** Palladius: вань (vanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /wän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waan$^1$
*** Yale: wāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /waːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vân
*** Hakka Romanization System: van$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: van$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /van²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: van$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /van⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: van$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /væ̃¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uăng
*** Sinological IPA : /uaŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uang$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: uang
*** Sinological IPA : /uaŋ⁵³³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: uong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /uoŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oaiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: uainn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: voay
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /uãi³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uãi⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan
*** Tâi-lô: uan
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oafn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Kinmen): /uan⁴⁴/
* oaiⁿ - vernacular (“to act shamelessly; to be wronged”);
* oan - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit彎 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /uan⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /van²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /vã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /vã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /uan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /uã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /uã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /van⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /vɛ̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /van⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /uan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /uan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /uan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /uã̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /uaŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /uæ̃²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /væ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /uɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /væ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ue⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ue̞⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔuõ³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /v̠a³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /uɛ³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /uːə¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /uan³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /uan³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /uan⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /van⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /vɑn²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wan⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wan⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wan⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /uan⁵⁵/ /uãi⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /uaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /yiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /uaŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /uaŋ²³/ |
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔwan/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | waan$^1$ |
* 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
* to bend; to make bent
    彎腰／弯腰 ― wānyāo ― to bend over
* (Penang Hokkien) to turn; to make a turn; to change direction
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to draw a bow
* bent; curved; crooked; arched
    Antonym: 直 (zhí)
    彎曲／弯曲 ― wānqū ― bent
    彎路／弯路 ― wānlù ― curved road
* (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual
    Antonym: 直 (zhí)
    彎男／弯男 ― wānnán ― gay man
    變彎／变弯 ― biàn wān ― to turn a straight person gay
* bend; turn; curve; crook
    彎子／弯子 ― wānzi ― bend
    拐彎／拐弯 ― guǎiwān ― to turn (at a corner)
* (Chinese calligraphy) a bend (such as in ㇉, ㇌, ㇟, or ㇠)
* (灣／湾 (wān))
** a bend in a river
** a bend in the coastline; bay, gulf
* Classifier for bent objects, such as a quarter moon.
* (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to act shamelessly and unreasonably; to be a rascal
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be wronged
* (Suzhounese) that; those

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 轉, 拐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 轉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 轉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 轉 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 斡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 彎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 斡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 斡 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 彼, 其, 夫, 爾 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 那, 該 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 那 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 那 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 那, 乜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 那, 乜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 那 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 那, 乜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 𠰻, 兀$_3$, 奈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 兀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 兀$_3$, 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Pizhou | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lianyungang (Ganyu) | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Donghai | 那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 那, 呶 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 那 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 那 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Baoying | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Taizhou | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Zhenjiang | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huai'an (Huaiyin) | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 葛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Rugao | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yancheng | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Funing | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Sihong | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 那, 顧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 那 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 那 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 嚀, 𡃕 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 那 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 嗰 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嗰 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 許 |
| Gan | Nanchang (Wangcheng) | 許 |
| Gan | Anyi | 爾 |
| Gan | Lushan | 爾 |
| Gan | Pengze | 爾 |
| Gan | Duchang | 爾 |
| Gan | Wuning (Quankou) | 爾 |
| Gan | Poyang | 爾 |
| Gan | Yugan | 爾 |
| Gan | Wannian | 那 |
| Gan | Hengfeng | 爾 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 爾 |
| Gan | Leping | 恁 |
| Gan | Fengxin | 許 |
| Gan | Wanzai | 許 |
| Gan | Fengcheng | 許 |
| Gan | Xinyu | 許 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Shangdundu) | 恁 |
| Gan | Fuzhou (Dongxiang) | 恁 |
| Gan | Nancheng | 階 |
| Gan | Nanfeng | 許 |
| Gan | Yihuang | 里 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 許 |
| Gan | Chongren | 許 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 恁 |
| Gan | Ji'an | 改 |
| Gan | Yongfeng | 蓋 |
| Gan | Xiajiang | 許 |
| Gan | Yingtan (Yujiang) | 里 |
| Gan | Guixi | 許 |
| Gan | Jinxian | 恁 |
| Gan | Jinxi | 恁 |
| Gan | Le'an | 許 |
| Gan | Guangchang | 該 |
| Gan | Anfu | 改 |
| Gan | Wan'an | 介 |
| Gan | Jing'an | 許 |
| Hakka | Changting | 解 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 介 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 解 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 解 |
| Hakka | Qingliu | 介 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 界 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 界 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 密 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 該 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 該 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 該 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 該 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 該 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 遐 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 哎 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 嗰 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 那 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 那 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 箇 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 爾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兀$_3$, 那 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 那 |
| Jin | Datong | 那 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 𠰻 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 那, 𠰻 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 那 |
| Jin | Linhe | 那 |
| Jin | Jining | 那 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 那 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 那 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 那 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 那 |
| Jin | Handan | 那 |
| Jin | Suide | 那 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 兀$_4$ |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 兀$_4$ |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 兀$_4$ |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 兀$_4$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 那 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 許 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 許 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 那 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 彼, 許 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 許 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 許 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 許 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 許 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 許 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 許 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 許 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 兀$_4$ |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 兀$_4$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 埃, 伊 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 威 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 艾, 港, 葛 also this |
| Wu | Suzhou | 歸 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 介面 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 過 |
| Wu | Changshu | 過 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 過 |
| Wu | Danyang | 過 |
| Wu | Nanjing (Zhongbao, Gaochun) | 古 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 許 |
| Wu | Shangrao | 麼 |
| Wu | Yushan | 忽 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 那 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 喏 |

#### 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

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

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 弯 |
| Print standard | 彎 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弯)
* bend, curve
* stretching a bow

#### Readings

* Go-on: えん (en)
* 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 Hyōgai
* 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: [β̞ã̠ɴ]

### Noun

彎(わん) • (wan)
* a bend, a curve

#### 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

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

彎 (eum 만 (man))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

彎: Hán Nôm readings: loan, thoăn
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