HSK 2 · Food

碗

wǎn

bowl

Stroke order of 碗

碗 is written with 13 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A bowl carved from '石' stone, its rim curving round like '宛'.

Parts: 石 stone + 宛 (phonetic, winding)

Example sentence

我今天吃了两碗米饭。

I ate two bowls of rice today.

More words: Food

蛋egg 饺子dumplings 方便面instant noodles 快餐fast food 面noodles; flour; face; side 米rice; meter 油oil 酒alcohol; wine 食物food 味道taste; flavour 饱full (after eating)熟cooked; ripe; familiar 筷子chopsticks 瓶bottle; measure word for bottles 瓶子bottle 闻to smell

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