wān

cut

Components
宛 sound component

  Sound component

wǎn

  

winding

刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

knife

Evolution

剜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
剜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wān

cut, cut out, pick out, scoop out; to scoop out; to gouge out