湾wān
bay, cove, gulf, inlet. 12 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin wānStrokes 12Radical 氵Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 湾
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–12 write 弯.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 湾 · the stroke-order rules
What 湾 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 弯 (wān, bend).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 弯 carries the sound.
Words that use 湾
| 海湾 | bay, gulf 指海岸线弯曲形成的水域 人民海军战舰劈波斩浪，威武航行在祖国海湾。It sailed proudly through the motherland's bay. Lesson 589, 向海图强 · 沧海横流与大国重器 · Navigating Turbulent Waters & Pillars of Industry |
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.