surname Wan

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a winding machine.

Willy Walrus (w) built a winding machine (宛) to wind up sleeping bags (夗) in the anthill (an3). For his invention he got a honorary PhD degree and a graduation cap (宀), but as the winding machine winds up the sleeping bags his graduation cap gets in and ruins it.
winding / as if

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a winding machine.

Willy Walrus (w) built a winding machine (宛) to wind up sleeping bags (夗) in the anthill (an3). For his invention he got a honorary PhD degree and a graduation cap (宀), but as the winding machine winds up the sleeping bags his graduation cap gets in and ruins it.

宛 character breakdown

to turn over when asleep

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a sleeping bag.

A bat (夕) is harassing Yu the Great (yu) and the navy seal (㔾) who are camping in their sleeping bags (夗) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Yu the Great just turns over sleeping (夗), but the navy seal jumps up and wants to fight the bat for not letting him sleep.
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀). Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to go to the anthill after her graduation from university. In the anthill's kitchen (an2), her friends snatch away her graduation cap (宀), and instead put a cooking top (冖) and a petal leaf (丶) on her head.

Characters with 宛 as component

variant of 碗[wan3]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a huge rock (石) in his huge bowl (碗) in the anthill (an3). He uses a big winding machine (宛) to pull the rock out of the bowl.
variant of 碗[wan3]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a huge rock (石) in his huge bowl (碗) in the anthill (an3). He uses a big winding machine (宛) to pull the rock out of the bowl.
bowl / cup / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a huge rock (石) in his huge bowl (碗) in the anthill (an3). He uses a big winding machine (宛) to pull the rock out of the bowl.
variant of 碗[wan3]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) found a huge rock (石) in his huge bowl (碗) in the anthill (an3). He uses a big winding machine (宛) to pull the rock out of the bowl.
graceful / tactful
wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm
to sigh in regret or pity / Taiwan pr. [wan4]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) accidentally drops his flail (忄) into the winding machine (宛) in the anthill (an3), ruining the flail and the machine. As he realizes his mistake he slowly sighs in regret (惋).
bound form used in 紫菀[zi3 wan3]
luxuriance of growth
ensign of royalty
peas
to move (as snake)

Words with 宛

to be just like
to be just like
Wancheng district of Nanyang city 南陽|南阳[Nan2 yang2], Henan
ancient state of central Asia
as if / just like
sinuous / meandering / to take a circuitous route / to toss about / vicissitudes / variant of 婉轉|婉转[wan3 zhuan3]
Qingwan county in Baoding prefecture, Hebei
variant of 委婉[wei3 wan3]
Wancheng district of Nanyang city 南陽|南阳[Nan2 yang2], Henan

Sentences with 宛

宛 currently does not appear in any sentence.