枉 — Chinese character
枉
wǎng
useless, in vain; crooked, bent
- Pinyin
- wǎng
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 木 王
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 王
- Japanese
- 枉 as a kanji
Common words with 枉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冤枉 | yuān wang | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly |
| 枉然 | wǎng rán | in vain; to no avail |
| 矫枉过正 (矯枉過正) | jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng | to overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate |
| 枉死 | wǎng sǐ | to die in tragic circumstances |
| 冤枉钱 (冤枉錢) | yuān wang qián | wasted money; pointless expense |
| 枉法 | wǎng fǎ | to circumvent the law |
| 徇私枉法 | xùn sī wǎng fǎ | to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom) |
| 枉费 (枉費) | wǎng fèi | to waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain |
| 贪赃枉法 (貪贓枉法) | tān zāng wǎng fǎ | corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law |
| 冤枉路 | yuān wang lù | pointless trip; not worth the trip |
| 枉顾 (枉顧) | wǎng gù | to neglect; to misuse |
| 不枉 | bù wǎng | not in vain |
枉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 7 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 22
- Analects 2.19
- Analects 12.22
- Analects 18.2
- Mencius 3B.1
- Mencius 5A.7
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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