湾

わん · wan · JLPT N3 · noun

bay

湾 — bay

🌊 湾 = 氵 water + 弯 bend: a bay is where the coast bends around the water

The right side, 弯, means to bend or curve, so the kanji spells out water held in a curved shoreline. It's the same わん as in 台湾 (たいわん, Taiwan), and it appears in 東京湾 (Tokyo Bay).

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