WHOLE CHARACTER
碗
a bowl; a bowlful (measure word)
碗 is the bowl: 饭碗 and 一碗 'a bowlful'.
ZDIC: 形声，从石、宛声 — the stone side with 宛 as the sound side.
Character Familiesleft / right
碗
a bowl; a bowlful (measure word)
碗 is the bowl: 饭碗 and 一碗 'a bowlful'.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级One character pageAll readings and linked senses stay together.
WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
left / right
ZDIC: 形声，从石、宛声 — the stone side with 宛 as the sound side.
LEFT: THE STONE SIDE, NAMED BY ZDIC
石
stone
Repeated in 磊.
In 碗: left: the stone side, named by ZDIC Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
RIGHT: THE SOUND SIDE 宛 (WǍN)
宛
Notice this part of the shape; it is not taught as a separate word in this lesson.
In 碗: right: the sound side 宛 (wǎn) The whole syllable wǎn matches exactly.
Tone 3
- a bowl
- a bowlful (measure word)
- 饭碗a rice bowl; (figurative) a job
- 一碗a bowl of
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