捩 — kanji meaning “screw”
捩
screw, twist, wrench, distort
- Meanings
- screw, twist, wrench, distort
- On'yomi
- レイ (rei)、レツ (retsu)
- Kun'yomi
- よじ.る、ね.じる、ねじ.れる、もじ.る
- Strokes
- 10
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- liè — Chinese character page
Words with 捩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捩れ | ねじれ nejire | twist; wrench; distortion |
| 捩れる | ねじれる nejireru | to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped |
| 捩り | もじり mojiri | parody (of a famous work) |
| 捩じり | ねじり nejiri | torsion; apply torque |
| 捩れる | よじれる yojireru | to be twisted |
| 捩る | ねじる nejiru | to twist; to screw; to wrench |
| 捩じ取る | ねじとる nejitoru | to wring off; to wrest from |
| 逆捩じ | さかねじ sakaneji | turning an object in the wrong direction |
| 捩花 | ねじばな nejibana | Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena) |
| 捩じ倒す | ねじたおす nejitaosu | to wrench someone down to the ground |
| 捩る | もじる mojiru | to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on) |
| 捩木 | ねじき nejiki | Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family) |
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