Where 晚 comes from
Avoiding 免 the sun 日; 免 also provides the pronunciation
How to write 晚 (wǎn, “evening”)
晚 (wǎn), an HSK 1 character, means “evening”, “night” and “late”. It is a character whose parts combine into its meaning. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 晚上 (“evening”), 晚饭 (“evening meal”) and 晚会 (“evening party”). Japanese reads it ban, “night”.
- Pinyin
- wǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 日 (“sun”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
As a left-right character it splits into 日 (“sun”, the radical), strokes 1–4; 免 (“to avoid”), strokes 5–11, written the left part first.
- top leftdownwards
- top leftrightwards → downwards
- leftrightwards
- bottom leftrightwards
- topdown and left
- toprightwards → down and left
- leftdownwards
- centerrightwards → down and left
- centerrightwards
- centerdown and left
- centerdown and right → rightwards → upwards
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| wǎn third tone | evening; night; late | — | 晚上 晚饭 晚会 晚点 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 59 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 晚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晚 | wǎn | evening; night HSK 1 |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night HSK 1 |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | wǎnfàn | evening meal; dinner HSK 1 |
| 晚会 晚會 | wǎnhuì | evening party HSK 3 |
| 晚点 晚點 | wǎndiǎn | late; delayed HSK 3 |
| 晚安 | wǎn’ān | Good night!; Good evening! HSK 4 |
| 夜晚 | yèwǎn | night HSK 4 |
| 晚餐 | wǎncān | evening meal; dinner HSK 4 |
| 早晚 | zǎowǎn | morning and evening; sooner or later HSK 5 |
| 傍晚 | bàngwǎn | in the evening; when night falls HSK 5 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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