歪

Translingual

Etymology

• From 不 (not) and 正 (straight, upright, level).

Han character

歪 (radical 77 止+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一火一卜一 (MFMYM), four-corner 1010₁, composition ⿱不正)

1. slant
2. inclined
3. askew, awry

References

• KangXi: page 576, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16286
• Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1441, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6B6A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

歪 (Yale waai1)

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Japanese

Kanji

歪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Distortion

Readings

• On: わい (wai)
• Kun: ゆがむ (yugamu), ひずみ (hizumi)

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Korean

Hanja

歪 (a, wae, oe) (hangeul 아, 왜, 외, revised a, wae, oe, McCune-Reischauer a, wae, oe, Yale , oy)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

歪 (Pinyin wāi (wai1), Wade-Giles wai¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

歪 (oai, quay, oa)

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