Dong Chinese dictionary

wǎn

to pull

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound. Simplified form of 輓.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

免 Sound component

miǎn, wèn

(hat), avoid

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

wǎn

to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover

wǎn

mourn; pull; draw; variant of 挽[wǎn]; to draw (a cart)

Most common words with 挽

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	挽救	to save
	挽回	to retrieve
	挽	to pull
	挽留	to detain
	力挽狂澜	to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis

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