宛
winding / as if / a surname
宛
=
夗
+
宀
:
Mnemonic symbol: a winding machine.
Willy Walrus (w) built a winding machine (宛) to wind up sleeping bags (夗) in the anthill (an3). For his invention he got a honorary PhD degree and a graduation cap (宀), but as the winding machine winds up the sleeping bags his graduation cap gets in and ruins it.
Willy Walrus (w) built a winding machine (宛) to wind up sleeping bags (夗) in the anthill (an3). For his invention he got a honorary PhD degree and a graduation cap (宀), but as the winding machine winds up the sleeping bags his graduation cap gets in and ruins it.
宛 character breakdown
to turn over when asleep
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
宀
=
丶
+
冖
:
Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀).
Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
Characters with 宛 as component
variant of 碗[wan3]
bowl / cup / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
variant of 碗[wan3]
graceful / tactful
wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm
to sigh in regret or pity / Taiwan pr. [wan4]
bound form used in 紫菀[zi3 wan3]
luxuriance of growth
ensign of royalty
to move (as snake)
Words with 宛
sinuous / meandering / to take a circuitous route / to toss about / vicissitudes / variant of 婉轉|婉转[wan3 zhuan3]
Sentences with 宛
宛 currently does not appear in any sentence.