枉

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to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,514 U+6789

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 (semantic, “wood”) + 王 (phonetic, wáng)

components: 木王

crooked · Heisig RSH #1606

木 tree + 王 king

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 王

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 王 (wáng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
王 sound component	wáng	king, ruler; royal; surname
狂	kuáng	insane, mad; violent; wild
往	wǎng	to go, to depart; past, former
旺	wàng	to flourish, to prosper; prosperous
汪	wāng	vast, extensive, deep; surname
匡	kuāng	to correct, to revise; to restore

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人	yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén	one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is…
不枉	bù wǎng	not in vain
矫枉过正	jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng	to overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate
枉法	wǎng fǎ	to circumvent the law
矫枉过直	jiǎo wǎng guò zhí	see 矯枉過正\|矫枉过正[jiao3 wang3 guo4 zheng4]
枉死	wǎng sǐ	to die in tragic circumstances
枉然	wǎng rán	in vain; to no avail
冤枉路	yuān wang lù	pointless trip; not worth the trip
枉费	wǎng fèi	to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain
枉劳	wǎng láo	to work in vain
冤枉钱	yuān wang qián	wasted money; pointless expense
徇情枉法	xùn qíng wǎng fǎ	see 徇私枉法[xun4 si1 wang3 fa3]
枉径	wǎng jìng	winding lane
徇私枉法	xùn sī wǎng fǎ	to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
贪赃枉法	tān zāng wǎng fǎ	corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
枉顾	wǎng gù	to neglect; to misuse; to mistreat; to abuse
冤枉	yuān wang	to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile
枉攘	wǎng rǎng	tumultuous; disorderly