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捩

捩 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 10 strokes

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ねじる。ひねる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

screw, twist, wrench, distort

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レイ
  • レツ
Kun (native)
  • よじ(る)
  • ね(じる)
  • ねじ(れる)
  • もじ(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音lie4
  • 한글ryeol
  • Hán-ViệtLiệt
  • Hán-ViệtLệ

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6369

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌戾

Words using this kanji

  • 捩りもじりparody (of a famous work), pun
  • 捩るねじる「すじる」を参照。 「ねじる」を参照。 「もじる」を参照。to twist, to screw, to wrench, to sprain
  • 捩花ねじばなChinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)
  • 捩るもじる「すじる」を参照。 「ねじる」を参照。 「もじる」を参照。to parody, to make a parody of, to pun (on), to twist
  • 捩れねじれtwist, wrench, distortion, kink
  • 捩木ねじきLyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)
  • 捩摺もじずりChinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)
  • 捩るよじる「すじる」を参照。 「ねじる」を参照。 「もじる」を参照。to twist, to contort
  • 捩れるねじれるto get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped, to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.)
  • 捩じりねじりtorsion, apply torque
  • 捩れるよじれるto be twisted
  • 捩じ取るねじとるto wring off, to wrest from
  • 捩じ倒すねじたおすto wrench someone down to the ground
  • 捩じくれるねじくれるto curve, to twist, to be contrary, to be uncooperative
  • 捩じ開けるねじあけるto wrench open
  • 捩じ鉢巻きねじはちまきtowel twisted into a headband

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
5303.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c8.31
Nelson
1942