碗
HSK 2

碗 (wǎn): bowl, small dish

wǎn

bowl, small dish

Can't type a character? Find it by drawing it, in any stroke order.

Pinyin

wǎn

HSK Level

Level 2

Characters

1

English Meaning

bowl, small dish

How to Write 碗 (wǎn)

碗 is written in 13 strokes. Follow the stroke order below, drawing each highlighted stroke in turn.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13

Watch it written

Practice stroke order yourself in Hanzi Express with full touch support

Origin of 碗

A phono-semantic compound: 石 (stone) carries the meaning, and 宛 hints at the pronunciation.

What 碗 is Made Of

碗 is built from 2 components:

石stone, rock, mineral
宛to seem

Learn 碗 with Hanzi Express

  • ✓ Spaced repetition, remember it for life
  • ✓ AI-powered meaning checking
  • ✓ 13,000+ characters across 100 levels

Master 碗 and 13,000+ more characters

Hanzi Express uses proven spaced repetition and AI-powered answer checking. Start with HSK 2. It's completely free.