Chinese symbol for “awry”

㖞

wāi

Traditional: 喎

awry (mouth); askew; Taiwan pr. [kuai1]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for awry is 㖞 (wāi), defined as: awry (mouth); askew; Taiwan pr. [kuai1].

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

㖞

㖞 wāi

(simplified form of 喎) a wry mouth

radical 30 ⼝ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

喎 wāi

See also: Japanese symbol for “awry”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.