Chinese symbol for “devious”
歪
wāi
askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for devious is 歪 (wāi), defined as: askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “devious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贼 (賊) | zéi | thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive |
| 奸诈 (奸詐) | jiān zhà | treachery; devious |
| 奸狡 | jiān jiǎo | devious; cunning |
| 歪点子 (歪點子) | wāi diǎn zi | illegal device; devious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 歪.
| 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 |
| 歪斜 | wāi xié | crooked; askew |
| 歪门邪道 (歪門邪道) | wāi mén xié dào | dishonest practices |
See also: Japanese symbol for “devious”.
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.