歪

Translingual

Etymology

• From 不 (not) and 正 (straight, upright, level).

Han character

歪 (radical 77 止+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一火一卜一 (MFMYM), four-corner 1010₁)

1. slant
2. inclined
3. askew, awry

References

• KangXi: page 576, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16286
• Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1441, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6B6A

---

Cantonese

Hanzi

歪 (Yale waai1)

---

Japanese

Kanji

歪

Readings

• On: わい (wai)
• Kun: ゆがむ (yugamu), ひずみ (hizumi)

---

Korean

Hanja

歪 (hangeul 아, 왜, 외, revised a, wae, oe, McCune-Reischauer a, wae, oe, Yale , oy)

---

Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Hanzi

歪 (pinyin wāi (wai1), Wade-Giles wai¹)

---

Vietnamese

Han character

歪 (oai, quay, oa)