wǎn

to lament the dead; to pull; to roll up

HSK 6 #2222

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 2222nd character
Radical ⼿ (64.7)
Strokes 10
Index # 1807
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

挽 wǎn
  1. 1. to lament the dead
  2. 2. to pull
  3. 3. to roll up
  4. 4. to carry on the arm
  5. 5. to coil
  6. 6. to recover
  7. 7. to draw (a cart or a bow)
  8. 8. to draw (a cart)
  9. 9. (fig.) to pull against

Stroke order

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Words containing 挽

Word Meaning
to save; to remedy; to rescue
to retrieve; to redeem
to urge to stay; to detain
to save a desperate situation
irrevocable; the die is cast
harness
an elegy; a dirge
irreversible
to save a desperate situation
pulling power (of draft animals)
large elegiac scroll
to rescue a child; Save the Children, a British charity
to rescue a child; Save the Children, a British charity
elegiac words; an elegy
elegiac words; an elegy
elegiac words; an elegy
elegiac words; an elegy
elegiac tablet
elegiac tablet
to push and pull
irrevocable; the die is cast
hopeless; no way of curing; incurable
hopeless; no way of curing; incurable
elegiac couplet
elegy
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