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枉 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
オウおう · ō
Kun
ま.げる・ま.がる・ま.げてma.geru · ma.garu · ma.gete
Meaning
to bend; unjustly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Tree 木 with 王 as phonetic: for wood to bend; also to bend what is right.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 枉法おうほう

    perverting the law

  • 枉げるまげる

    to bend; to distort

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

理(り)を枉(ま)げて情(じょう)に従(したが)うことはしない。

I will not bend what is right to follow feeling.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading オウAll maps

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