Commonly used in place names (e.g., 香港灣仔, 샹강 완자이 / Wan Chai in Hong Kong).

Phono-semantic compound:
氵(水, 물 수) — semantic, “water.”
彎 (굽을 만) — phonetic, also carrying the sense “to bend, curve.”
Together they mean “a curved body of water” - bay, gulf, river bend.

海灣 (해만) — sea bay, gulf
台灣 (대만) — Taiwan
灣岸 (만안) — bay coast, waterfront
灣流 (만류) — Gulf Stream

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to drift, to float, to wander, to move about, to wash, to rinse (as in laundry)

to spread out, to extend, to perform, to act, to explain, to expound, to evolve, to develop

vast, boundless, desolate, silent, desert

Sino-, China

scatter, overflow, freely

pond, marsh, swamp, moist, damp, glistening, benefit, favor, grace

moat, defensive water trench around a castle or city

wave, billow, surging water

bay, gulf, bend in a river

disaster, calamity, catastrophe, fire, conflagration

flame, blaze, fire

fierce, intense, violent, strong, severe, vehement, ardent, passionate

to not have, none, nothing

so, thus, in that way

to simmer, to decoct, to fry

to shine, to illuminate, to reflect, to take a photograph, to compare, to refer to

to be cooked, ripe, done, to ripen, mature, to be skilled, practiced, familiar

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灣

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