Memory phrase for the character: 歪


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Meaning at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, askew

Pronunciation

wāi

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


 
If sth. is not correct, it is crooked.

Radicals

not
correctRadical 103 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct , 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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