湾 – gulf, bay, inlet

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The kanji 湾 means gulf, bay, inlet. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ワン (wan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いりえ (irie). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ワン	wan
Kun’yomi	いりえ	irie

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 弓・汁・亠.

Words using 湾

湾わんbay

Example sentences

川は山から下って湾に注いでいる。

The river descends from the mountains to the bay below.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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