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宛: address, just like

Also: fortunately

N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 夗 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

-あて-ate · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 宛あてaim; object; purpose
  • 宛先あてさきaddress; destination
  • 宛名あてなname and address (on an envelope, etc.)

Also read エン, あてる, -づつ, あたかも, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
More in the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

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夗

Also built on 夗

宛 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read エン

23 kanji share this on'yomiAll 23

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
宛 address · 宀
vs苑 garden · 艹
宛 has 宀 where 苑 has 艹.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wǎn

Same form: 宛 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
宛 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
宛 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wǎn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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