Kanji

2348 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: warp, bend, strained, distort

Kunyomi: いが.む いびつ ひず.む ゆが.む

Onyomi: ワイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: stop

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ワイキョク distortion, falsification, perversion

ワイド skewness

Kunyomi Examples

ゆがむ to warp, to bend, to contort, to be perverted, to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.), to be distorted, to be cross-grained

いびつ distorted, crooked, irregular, warped, oval, elliptical shape, round, wooden container for cooked rice, oval coin

ひずむ to warp, to become strained, to become distorted, to become crooked

ゆがむ to warp, to bend, to contort, to be perverted, to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.), to be distorted, to be cross-grained