Memory phrase for the Kanji: 歪


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Meaning

at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, askew

Pronunciation

wāi

Explanation

Top: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!), below: correct, right 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.)

Mnemonic


 
If sth. is not correct, it is crooked.

Radicals

not
correctRadical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.
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 Vocabulary

歪曲 wāi qū  to distort; to misrepresent
歪风邪气 wāi fēng xié qì  noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
歪风邪气 wāi fēng xié qì  


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