歪(wāi)

HSK 7-99 strokes

askew

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Character information

Pinyin
wāi
Meaning
askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 歪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱不正

Not 不 straight 正

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

不bù正zhèng

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 歪 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 歪

Common words using 歪 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wāi歪qū曲
HSK 7-9

to distort

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dài带wāi歪

(coll.) to lead astray

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nòng弄wāi歪

to distort

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lè乐wāi歪

to be thrilled; (of sb's mouth) to form a grin

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qī七niǔ扭bā八wāi歪

misshapen

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jī唧jī唧wāi歪wāi歪

variant of 叽叽歪歪

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dōng东dǎo倒xī西wāi歪

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)

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wāi歪dǎ打zhèng正zháo着

to succeed by a lucky stroke

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 歪’s common words

曲带弄乐七扭八唧

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