歪

歪 U+6B6A, 歪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B6A ← 歩 [U+6B69] CJK Unified Ideographs 歫 → [U+6B6B]

歪 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一火一卜一 (MFMYM), four-corner 1010₁, composition ⿱不正)

• 㗏 𤟷 𣖍 𪴻 𨂿 𪴽 𫣀 𭭪 𬆆 𮀬 𮈥 𰀜

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 576, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16286
• Dae Jaweon: page 966, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1441, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6B6A

Originally written as 竵. In its current form, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 不 (“not”) + 正 (“straight; proper”).

simp. and trad.		歪
alternative forms		竵

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

歪

1. slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided
2. crooked; perverse; improper; evil
3. (Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin, Sichuanese) fierce; malicious; overbearing
4. (Hakka) stingy; miserly

• (stingy):

simp. and trad.		歪

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

歪

1. (Shanxi, Sichuanese, dialectal Hakka) inferior; bad; fake
2. (Sichuanese) unreliable; deceiving

simp. and trad.		歪
alternative forms		乜

Mai (2017) considers 佊 (MC pjeX) to be a possible etymon, noting other (rare) instances in Cantonese where /m/ is a reflex of the historical 幫 (MC pang) initial, and where /ɛ/ is a reflex of the 支 (MC tsye) final.

歪

1. (Cantonese) slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided; distorted

simp. and trad.		歪

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歪

1. (Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) slanted; inclined; askew; awry; crooked; lopsided

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. bend; warp; distort; deform

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: わい (wai)
• Kun: いがむ (igamu, 歪む)、いびつ (ibitsu, 歪)、ひずむ (hizumu, 歪む)、ゆがむ (yugamu, 歪む)

Kanji in this term
歪
いびつ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 歪 – see the following entry.

【飯櫃いびつ】 [adjective] 歪: [from 1698] oblong, oval, oval-shaped [adjective] 歪: [from 1809] abnormal or warped of action, state, or character [adjective] 歪: [from 1893] physically deformed, warped, abnormal [noun] [from 1561] (rare) a rice tub: a traditional wooden and hooped tub for holding cooked grain (usually rice) [noun] [from 1698] an oblong, an oval, an oval shape [noun] [from 1739] (archaic) a 小判 (koban, “oval gold coin”) or similarly shaped coin [noun] 歪: [from 1893] a deformity, a warpage, an abnormality; something deformed, warped, or abnormal

(This term, 歪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

歪 • (a, wae, oe) (hangeul 아, 왜, 외, revised a, wae, oe, McCune–Reischauer a, wae, oe, Yale , oy)

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歪: Hán Nôm readings: quay, oa, oai

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