懂中文 Dong Chinese

輓

wǎn

pull

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound.

Components
車 meaning component

車  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

免 sound component

免  Sound component

miǎn, wèn

  

(hat), avoid

Evolution

輓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
輓 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
輓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

挽 (輓) 

wǎn

mourn; pull; draw; variant of 挽[wǎn]; to draw (a cart); to lament the dead

Most common words with 輓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

挽救

to save

挽回

to retrieve

挽

to pull

挽留

to detain

力挽狂澜

to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis