枉
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to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 枉
- Common rank
- #2,514
- Unicode
- U+6789
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Formation & memory
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Words with 枉
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人 | one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is… | |
| 不枉 | not in vain | |
| 矫枉过正 | to overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate | |
| 枉法 | to circumvent the law | |
| 矫枉过直 | see 矯枉過正|矫枉过正[jiao3 wang3 guo4 zheng4] | |
| 枉死 | to die in tragic circumstances | |
| 枉然 | in vain; to no avail | |
| 冤枉路 | pointless trip; not worth the trip | |
| 枉费 | to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain | |
| 枉劳 | to work in vain | |
| 冤枉钱 | wasted money; pointless expense | |
| 徇情枉法 | see 徇私枉法[xun4 si1 wang3 fa3] | |
| 枉径 | winding lane | |
| 徇私枉法 | to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom) | |
| 贪赃枉法 | corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law | |
| 枉顾 | to neglect; to misuse; to mistreat; to abuse | |
| 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | |
| 枉攘 | tumultuous; disorderly |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 王 — compare how they read.