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Chinese symbol for “misshapen”

七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
misshapen; crooked; uneven (idiom)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for misshapen is 七扭八歪 (qī niǔ bā wāi), defined as: misshapen; crooked; uneven (idiom).

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Characters and stroke order

七 qī
seven
radical 1 ⼀ · 2 strokes
扭 niǔ
to turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
八 bā
eight; all around, all sides
radical 12 ⼋ · 2 strokes
歪 wāi
slanted, askew, awry
radical 77 ⽌ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 七扭八歪.

WordPinyinMeaning
十七shí qīseventeen; 17
七十qī shíseventy; 70
乱七八糟 (亂七八糟)luàn qī bā zāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
七彩qī cǎiseven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored
三七sān qīpseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
七旬qī xún70 years; one's seventies; 70 days
扭曲niǔ qūto twist; to warp
扭转 (扭轉)niǔ zhuǎnto reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation)
十八shí bāeighteen; 18
歪曲wāi qūto distort; to misrepresent

See also: Japanese symbol for “misshapen”.

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.