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湾

JLPT N2 12 strokes Frequency: #545

Meanings

Gulf, Bay, Inlet

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵弯

Etymology

Pictophonetic: water

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

7 hook right-to-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot right-to-left

10 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ワン wan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いりえ irie

Words Using This Kanji

73 words total

Other (20 words)

港湾運送業こうわんうんそうぎょう

port transport industry

港湾局こうわんきょく

Port and Harbor Authority

湾内わんない

inside the bay

メキシコ湾流メキシコわんりゅう

Gulf Stream

台湾茶たいわんちゃ

Taiwanese tea (i.e. oolong)

台湾波布タイワンはぶ

Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)

台湾金魚たいわんきんぎょ

paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)

台湾鹿たいわんじか

Formosan sika

トンキン湾事件トンキンわんじけん

Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964)

台湾出兵たいわんしゅっぺい

Taiwan Expedition (punitive expedition by the Japanese military forces; 1874)

台湾語たいわんご

Taiwanese (language)

側湾症そくわんしょう

scoliosis

ピッグス湾事件ピッグスわんじけん

Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)

台湾山芋たいわんやまいも

water yam (Dioscorea alata)

Gulf War (1990)

bend

Gulf War (1990)

Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)

湾外わんがい

beyond the bay

台湾ハゲたいわんハゲ

hair loss

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