彎

彎 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓 (VFN), four-corner 2220₇, composition ⿱龻弓)

• 壪(塆) 灣(湾) 䘎 𡤶 𡿞 𢺯 𣡩 𧆅 𨈊(𨂺) 𬣗 𱇋(𬶥)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 361, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9904
• Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1005, character 22
• Unihan data for U+5F4E

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qroːn) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 䜌 (OC *b·roːn, *b·ron, *b·rons).

May be cognate with 迂 (OC *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa).

“homosexual”

Semantic loan from English bent.

彎

1. to bend; to make bent

   彎腰／弯腰  ―  wānyāo  ―  to bend over

2. (Penang Hokkien) to turn; to make a turn; to change direction
3. ^† to draw a bow
4. bent; curved; crooked; arched

   Antonym: 直 (zhí)

   彎曲／弯曲  ―  wānqū  ―  bent

   彎路／弯路  ―  wānlù  ―  curved road

5. (neologism, slang) gay; homosexual

   Antonym: 直 (zhí)

   彎男／弯男  ―  wānnán  ―  gay man

   變彎／变弯  ―  biàn wān  ―  to turn a straight person gay

6. bend; turn; curve; crook

   彎子／弯子  ―  wānzi  ―  bend

   拐彎／拐弯  ―  guǎiwān  ―  to turn (at a corner)

7. (Chinese calligraphy) a bend (such as in ㇉, ㇌, ㇟, or ㇠)
8. (灣／湾 (wān))
   1. a bend in a river
   2. a bend in the coastline; bay, gulf
9. Classifier for bent objects, such as a quarter moon.
10. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to act shamelessly and unreasonably; to be a rascal
11. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to be wronged

• (basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弯)

1. bend, curve
2. stretching a bow

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kan-on: わん (wan)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 彎く)、ひきまかなう (hikimakanau, 彎う)

From Middle Chinese 彎 (MC 'waen). Compare modern Mandarin 彎／弯 (wān).

Note that this character is replaced in modern Japanese by the simplified character 湾 (wan), rather than the simplified Chinese character 弯 (wān, “bend, curve”). The Japanese simplified version means bay or inlet when used on its own, but now also includes the bend, curve meanings when used in compounds.^[1]

• (Tokyo) わん (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

彎(わん) • (wan) 

1. a bend, a curve

彎 (eum 만 (man))

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彎: Hán Nôm readings: loan, thoăn

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