Keyword
to pull
- to lead
- to pull back
- to draw a bow
- Frequency
- #2310
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
wǎn
Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 免 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
挽救
to save; to remedy; to rescue
挽回
to retrieve; to redeem
挽留
to urge to stay; to detain
挽
to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover; to draw (a cart)
挽歌
a dirge; an elegy
挽联
pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
无可挽回
irrevocable; the die is cast
力挽狂澜
to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
挽具
harness
挽词
an elegy; elegiac words
推挽
to push and pull; to move sth forward by shoving and pulling
挽诗
elegy
挽幛
large elegiac scroll