Memory phrase for the character: 枉

枉

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Meaning twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain

Pronunciation

wǎng

Explanation

Left: tree 木, right: king/jade 王 (jade itself is also: 玉)

Mnemonic
 
If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked.

Radicals

木 tree
王 king
玉 jade, king
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 Vocabulary

冤枉 yuān wang  hatred; injustice; bad luck; unjust treatment; wronged; not worthwhile
贪赃枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ  corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
矫枉过直 jiǎo wǎng guò zhí  to over-correct a defect (idiom); to over-compensate; to push sth too far the other way; fig. inverse discrimination
矫枉过直 jiǎo wǎng guò zhí  

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