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The Chinese word 弯 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 彎

弯 ⇨ 亦 + 弓
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (formal) also; too; likewise; still
2. (formal) only; just
3. (formal) already
4. (formal) although
5. (Suzhou) again
      。 - To read something again after having read it, W-SZ, ref=1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19
     Yi
6. (meaningless particle)
gōng 1. bow (weapon)
2. bow (of a stringed instrument, or a cotton bow, or catapult)
3. curved; arched
4. to arch; to bend
5. (Jiexi Hakka) rainbow
6. (obsolete) (synonym of zh, 步) (a traditional Chinese unit of length and area)
     Gong