湾

湾

See also: 灣

湾 U+6E7E, 湾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E7E ← 湽 [U+6E7D] CJK Unified Ideographs 湿 → [U+6E7F]

Translingual

Han character

湾 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水卜金弓 (EYCN), composition ⿰氵弯)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 639, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17920
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1683, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6E7E

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 灣 (彎 → 弯).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 湾 – see 灣 (“bend in a river; bay; gulf; etc.”). (This character, 湾, is the simplified form of 灣.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	湾
Kyūjitai	灣

Kanji

湾

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 灣)

1. bay, gulf
2. bend, curve (replacing 彎)

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kan-on: わん (wan, Jōyō)
• Kun: いりえ (irie, 湾)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わ​ん [wáꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝã̠ɴ]

Compounds

• 湾曲(わんきょく) (wankyoku)
• 湾入(わんにゅう) (wannyū)
• 台湾(たいわん) (Taiwan)
• 湾岸(わんがん) (wangan)

Noun

湾(わん) • (wan) 

1. (geography) bay, gulf, inlet

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN