枉 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- オウ
- Kun
- ま.げる・ま.がる・ま.げて
- Meaning
- to bend; unjustly
Origin
Tree 木 with 王 as phonetic: for wood to bend; also to bend what is right.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 枉法おうほう
perverting the law
- 枉げるまげる
to bend; to distort
Example
理を枉げて情に従うことはしない。
I will not bend what is right to follow feeling.
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