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<WL>弯(F彎) [wān] curve, bend
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<WL>弯(F彎) [wān] curve/bend; curved/bent, winding/crooked (弯曲); 弯路 crooked road; 转弯 turn a corner, make a turn
From (䜌 luán) ‘contraction’ over 弓 (gōng) ‘bow’.
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The simple-form character 弯 (9 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 彎 (22 strokes), replacing the upper full-form component (19 strokes) with a shape like 亦 (6 strokes), as in 孪/孿.
“To 䜌 fasten (the string) on to 弓 the bow (which then is bent)” —Karlgren.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 彎(􂏒) wān ‘draw (bend) a bow’ combines 弓 (gōng) ‘archer's bow’, and 䜌(􀚾) luán ‘tangled/untangle’ (phonosemantic); formerly also wr. 關.
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“[彎] To 䜌 fasten (the string) on to 弓 the bow (which then is bent)” —Karlgren(AD).
 
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#c弓亠
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#c亦弓亠
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