9 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

warp, bend, strained, distort

Kun'yomi
  • to warp ②to be perverted
  • distorted ②oval ③round, wooden container for cooked rice ④oval coin
  • to warp
  • to warp ②to be perverted
On'yomi
  • ワイ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

いが 55.1%
ゆが 23.7%
いびつ 19.0%
ワイ 1.6%
ひず 0.6%

Character Breakdown

warp, bend, strained
いが.む ゆが.む いびつ (Kentei Pre-1)
large, great, grand
ヒ おお.きい (Kentei 1)
negative, non-, bad
 (4th, N4)
cliff (厂) variant
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
correct, justice, righteous
セイ ショウ ただし (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)

Common Words

to warp ②to be perverted
to bend ②to bend (the truth) ③to corrupt
contortion ②kink (in one's character)
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References

Unicode hex code 6B6A
JIS X 0208 1-47-36
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 54
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2960
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3095
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2862
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2875
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 16286
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2m7.4
Four corner code 1010.1