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碗 wǎn bowl

bowl; measure word for bowls of food

How to remember 碗: 石 stone + 宛 winding = bowl. The sculptor picks a smooth stone out of the river and carries it up the winding path home to carve it into a bowl.

  • 1,939. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 13 strokes
  • Radical 石

Component breakdown

碗 = 石 stone + 宛 winding

  • 石 stone
  • 宛 winding
The Gushi story

The sculptor picks a smooth stone out of the river and carries it up the winding path home to carve it into a bowl.

How it is used

  • A bowl - and the standard measure word for bowl-served food: 一碗饭 (yì wǎn fàn) a bowl of rice, 三碗面 (sān wǎn miàn) three bowls of noodles.
  • 饭碗 (fànwǎn) literally 'rice bowl' also means one's job/livelihood - 铁饭碗 (tiě fànwǎn) an 'iron rice bowl', a secure lifelong job.
  • Stone radical 石 because bowls were once earthenware; contrast the container 碗 with the abstract measure 杯 (bēi, cup/glass).

Words with 碗

Example sentences

  • 桌子上放着碗。 Zhuōzi shàng fàngzhe wǎn.The bowl is on the table.
  • 这碗汤好喝 这碗汤好喝this soup is tasty