to pull, to draw, to mourn

to avoid, to escape, to be exempt

 — to avoid; to excuse (phonetic component)


hand

 — hand
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In modern Chinese, 挽 can function as the simplified form of 

, which originally meant to pull a carriage or to mourn the dead.

A variant character 鋔 replaces the semantic component 

metal, iron, gold, amount of money

 — semantic component meaning “hand; action done by the hand”;


 — phonetic component indicating the pronunciation (만 / wǎn).
The character therefore originally described pulling or drawing something by hand.
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<b>Semantic development:</b>
- to pull or draw with the hand;
- to draw back or recover;
- to lament or mourn (funeral context).

만가 (挽歌) — elegy; mourning song for the dead
만사 (挽詞) — elegiac words; funeral tribute

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

fist, clenched hand, boxing

to pick up, to gather, to collect, to find

to hold, to grasp, to carry, to maintain, to sustain, to persist

to point, to indicate, finger

to press, to push, to calm, to massage

to raise, to provoke, to stir up, to lift, to poke, to incite

to break, to thwart, to frustrate, to suppress

to wave, to shake

to pull, to draw, to lead, to mourn

to pinch, to squeeze between fingers, to knead, to mold

to discard, to give up, to donate

to seize, to catch, to arrest, to capture

to hold up with both hands, to revere, to serve

to discard, to abandon, to give up

to sweep, to clear away, to eradicate

to give

palm of the hand, to hold in the hand, to manage, to govern

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Chinese character

Explore 214 Chinese radicals and their derived characters. Sort by radical or stroke count, and view the complete list of official Hanja radicals.

挽

Etymology

Usage in Korean

Additional notes

Alternative forms

Words that derived from 挽

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