Kanji

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: screw, twist, wrench, distort

Kunyomi: よじ.る ね.じる ねじ.れる もじ.る

Onyomi: レイ レツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

ねじる to screw, to twist, to distort, to parody, to make a pun, to torture, to wrest

ねじる to screw, to twist, to distort, to parody, to make a pun, to torture, to wrest

れる ねじれる to get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped, to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.), to become warped, to become perverse, to become contrary, to become troubled, to become complicated, to become strained

ねじる to screw, to twist, to distort, to parody, to make a pun, to torture, to wrest