婉 (jyun2 | wan3) : mild; tactful; graceful

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婉

jyun2

wan3

[1] mild; meek; gentle
[2] tactful; subtle; polite
[3] graceful; beautiful; elegant

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

婉

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委婉 wai2 jyun2 wei3 wan3 = mild and roundabout; tactful, euphemistic

婉轉 jyun2 zyun3 wan3 zhuan3 = tactful, mild and indirect

婉拒 jyun2 keoi5 wan3 ju4 = politely decline or refuse

黃婉君 wong4 jyun2 gwan1 huang2 wan3 jun1 = Rosanne Wong

黃婉伶 wong4 jyun2 ling4 huang2 wan3 ling2 = Race Wong

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Decimal representation of this word: 婉
Unicode code for this character: U+5a49 (off-site link)

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