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Word and Radical Components of 碗

The Chinese word 碗 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
碗 wǎn 1. bowl
     洗碗 - to wash the dishes
2. bowl-like object
     一 碗 米飯 - a bowl of rice
     一 碗 粥 - a bowl of congee

碗 ⇨ 石 + 宛
Component Pinyin Meanings
石 shí 1. stone; rock
2. (Cantonese) gem; jewel; jade
     石 陽 - Shih Yang (a pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas during the early 19th century)
宛 wǎn 1. as if; seem
2. crooked; winding
yuān 3. (historical) (place, zh, t=Yuan, county, of ancient, c/China, established in the Qin dynasty)
yuè 4. Variant of 豌

宛 ⇨ 宀 + 夗
Component Pinyin Meanings
宀 mián 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
2. a kind of flower
3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
夗 yuàn 1. (Teochew) to sleep
2. (Teochew) to lie down
3. (attention, zh, needs non-Teochew definitions)

夗 ⇨ 夕 + 㔾
Component Pinyin Meanings
夕 夕 1. night; evening; dusk
2. Simplified form of 穸
3. Variant of 月
4. Variant of 明
卩 1. seal
2. Variant of 節