湾

bay; gulf; inlet

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 545.

Readings

• ワン (on reading): 台湾 (たいわん) Taiwan; 湾 (わん) bay
• いりえ (kun reading)

Components

• 氵
• 弯
• 亠 radical lid
• 弓 radical bow
• ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水

Words using 湾

• 台湾 (たいわん) Taiwan
• 湾 (わん) bay
• 港湾 (こうわん) harbour
• 真珠湾攻撃 (しんじゅわんこうげき) Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
• 湾岸 (わんがん) gulf coast

72 words in all.

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