Chinese symbol for “crooked”
歪斜
wāi xié
crooked; askew; oblique; slanting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for crooked is 歪斜 (wāi xié), defined as: crooked; askew; oblique; slanting; out of plumb.
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
Other Chinese words for “crooked”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屈曲 | qū qū | crooked |
| 偏斜 | piān xié | crooked; not upright |
| 歪歪扭扭 | wāi wāi niǔ niǔ | crooked; askew |
| 曲 | qū | bent; crooked |
| 弯曲 (彎曲) | wān qū | to bend; to curve around |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 歪斜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歪曲 | wāi qū | to distort; to misrepresent |
| 歪风 (歪風) | wāi fēng | unhealthy trend; noxious influence |
| 歪理 | wāi lǐ | fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument |
| 东倒西歪 (東倒西歪) | dōng dǎo xī wāi | to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway |
| 歪门邪道 (歪門邪道) | wāi mén xié dào | dishonest practices |
| 倾斜 (傾斜) | qīng xié | to incline; to lean |
| 斜坡 | xié pō | slope; incline |
| 斜面 | xié miàn | inclined plane |
See also: Japanese symbol for “crooked”.
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.