EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    curve; bend; crook

    城からそのふもとをゆるやかに湾曲して流れる川全体が見えました。
    From the castle we could see the whole curve of the river around its base.

Also written 彎曲【わんきょく】弯曲【わんきょく】わん曲【わんきょく】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

gulf, bay, inlet

Kun
いりえ
On
ワン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
545 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 37

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3a9.15The Kanji Dictionary
3012.7Four corner code
352deroo
6e7eUnicode hex code
1-47-49JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2627Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3239New Nelson (John Haig)
613New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
748Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
447Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
562Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1749Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1886Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1028A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1849Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1136Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17920Morohashi
1944A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
670Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
681Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
701Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1562Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
910Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1228Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1765Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wan1Pinyin reading
manKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
37WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

Kun
ま.がるま.げるくま
On
キョク
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
810 of 2500
Radical
say
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

まがた

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-6-2SKIP code
0a6.27The Kanji Dictionary
5560.0Four corner code
1976deroo
66f2Unicode hex code
1-22-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
103Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2418New Nelson (John Haig)
3527New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4340Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2197Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2956Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1172Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1256Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
604A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
327Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
715Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14280Morohashi
261A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
366Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
367Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
381sakade
609Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
279henshall3
264Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
625Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
996Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1180Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu3, qu1Pinyin reading
gogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level