塆 (wān) - Wān — a bend in a river & a bay

塆Tone 1

wān ｜ 12 strokes ｜ radical:

婷婉

塆 · wān

Wān — a bend in a river;

a bay;

a cove;

used in place names to denote a curved or winding geographical feature.

Wān — a bend in a rivera baya cove

Usage highlights

river bendmountain bendcoastal bayZhangwan VillageLiwan Baybend in the path

Synonyms

  • 湾— bay; gulf; bend (more common variant)
  • 弯— bend; curve; turn

Antonyms

  • 直— straight (opposite of curved/bent)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The village is located at a river bend (河塆).
  • We sailed into the sheltered bay (海塆).
  • There is a small cove along the coastline (海岸塆).
  • The road follows the contour of the mountain bend (山塆).

Collocations

  • river bend(河塆)
  • mountain bend(山塆)
  • coastal bay(海塆)
  • Zhangwan Village(张家塆)
  • Liwan Bay(李家塆)
  • bend in the path(路塆)

Idioms

  • No specific idioms found for this character

Cultural background

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  • Primarily used in geographical contexts to describe natural curved formations.
  • Commonly appears in village and place names throughout rural China.
  • Reflects the importance of topography in Chinese settlement naming conventions.

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