挽(wǎn): to pull
HSK 7-910 strokes
to pull
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- wǎn
- Meaning
- 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
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 挽 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 挽 step by step
10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 挽
Common words using 挽 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
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