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碗wǎn

bowl. 13 strokes, radical 石, first met in HSK 2.

Pinyin wǎnStrokes 13Radical 石Band HSK 2Words 1

How to write 碗

Strokes 1–5 write 石, then strokes 6–13 write 宛.

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Stroke order chart for 碗 — 13 strokes, radical 石

Write 碗 on the grid

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 碗 · the stroke-order rules

What 碗 is made of

石 (shí, stone) and 宛 (wǎn, to seem).

石 carries the meaning — stone — and 宛 carries the sound.

Words that use 碗

碗(wǎn) bowl
指盛饭菜用的圆形器皿

他双手端着一碗热汤。He held a bowl of hot soup with both hands.

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More characters with the radical 石

All 14 of them, and what the radical means, on the 石 radical page.

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