U+6B6A, 歪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B6A

[U+6B69]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6B6B]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (not) + (straight; proper).

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /uai⁵⁵/
Harbin /uai⁴⁴/
Tianjin /vai²¹/
Jinan /vɛ²¹³/
Qingdao /vɛ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /uai²⁴/
Xi'an /uai⁵³/
Xining /uɛ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /vɛ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /vɛ³¹/
Ürümqi /vai⁴⁴/
Wuhan /uai⁵⁵/
Chengdu /uai⁵⁵/
/uai⁵³/
Guiyang /uai⁵⁵/
Kunming /uæ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /uae³¹/
Hefei /ue̞²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /vai¹¹/
Pingyao /uæ¹³/
Hohhot /vɛ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /hua⁵³/
Suzhou /huɑ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔue̞³³/
Wenzhou /v̠a³³/
Hui Shexian /uɛ³¹/
/ya³¹/
Tunxi /ua¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /uai³³/
Xiangtan /uai³³/
Gan Nanchang /uai⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /vai⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /vɑi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wai⁵³/
Nanning /wai⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /wai⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /huai⁵⁵/
/uai⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uai⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /uai⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /uai³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /sua²¹³/ 訓讀

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 12604
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰʷraːl/
Notes

Definitions edit

  1. slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided
  2. crooked; perverse; improper; evil
  3. (Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin, Sichuanese) fierce; malicious; overbearing
  4. (Hakka) stingy; miserly
Synonyms edit
  • (stingy):

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

  1. (Shanxi, Sichuanese, dialectal Hakka) inferior; bad; fake
  2. (Sichuanese) unreliable; deceiving

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Mai (2017) considers (MC pjeX) to be a possible etymon, noting other (rare) instances in Cantonese where /m/ is a reflex of the historical (MC pang) initial, and where /ɛ/ is a reflex of the (MC tsye) final.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Cantonese) slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided; distorted
Compounds edit

Etymology 4 edit

simp. and trad.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bend; warp; distort; deform

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
いびつ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
飯櫃いびつ
[adjective] : [from 1698] oblong, oval, oval-shaped
[adjective] : [from 1809] abnormal or warped of action, state, or character
[adjective] : [from 1893] physically deformed, warped, abnormal
[noun] [from 1561] (rare) a rice tub: a traditional wooden and hooped tub for holding cooked grain (usually rice)
[noun] [from 1698] an oblong, an oval, an oval shape
[noun] [from 1739] (archaic) a 小判 (koban, oval gold coin) or similarly shaped coin
[noun] : [from 1893] a deformity, a warpage, an abnormality; something deformed, warped, or abnormal
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(a, wae, oe) (hangeul , , , revised a, wae, oe, McCune–Reischauer a, wae, oe, Yale , oy)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: quay, oa, oai

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