拗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

crooked, twisted, distorted, perverted, cross

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オウ
  • ヨウ
  • イク
  • ユウ
Kun (native)
  • ねじ(れる)
  • こじ(れる)
  • す(ねる)
  • ねじ(ける)
Other languages
  • 拼音ao4
  • 拼音niu4
  • 拼音yao4
  • 한글yo
  • Hán-ViệtẢo
  • Hán-ViệtÁo
  • Hán-ViệtHúc

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+62D7

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌幼

Words using this kanji

  • 拗音ようおん仮名で表記したときに小さい「や・ゆ・よ・わ」などで終わる発音。音声的には一音節である。(例)きゃ・にゅ・ひょ・くゎなどcontracted sound, palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana), palatalized sound
  • 拗れこじれcomplications, tangle
  • 拗けるねじける「ねじける」の漢字表記。to curve, to twist, to be rebellious
  • 拗ねるすねるto be peevish, to sulk, to pout
  • 拗れるこじれるto get complicated, to grow worse, to turn sour
  • 拗ね者すねものperverse individual, cynic, misanthrope
  • 拗らすこじらすto make worse (e.g. disease), to aggravate, to complicate
  • 拗らせるこじらせるto aggravate, to complicate, to make worse

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
5402.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.16
Nelson
1869