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枉

wǎng

HSK 6 Character

What 枉 means

1. to twist
2. crooked
3. unjust
4. in vain

Words starting with 枉

• 枉然wǎng ránin vain; to no avail
• 枉劳wǎng láoto work in vain
• 枉径wǎng jìngwinding lane
• 枉死wǎng sǐto die in tragic circumstances
• 枉法wǎng fǎto circumvent the law
• 枉费wǎng fèito waste (one's breath, one's energy etc); to try in vain
• 枉顾wǎng gùto neglect; to misuse; to mistreat
• 枉攘wǎng rǎngtumultuous; disorderly

Words containing 枉

• 冤枉yuān wangto accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice
• 不枉bù wǎngnot in vain
• 冤枉钱yuān wang qiánwasted money; pointless expense
• 冤枉路yuān wang lùpointless trip; not worth the trip
• 矫枉过正jiǎo wǎng guò zhèngto overcorrect (idiom); to overcompensate
• 贪赃枉法tān zāng wǎng fǎcorruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
• 徇私枉法xùn sī wǎng fǎto bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
• 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rénone who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong…
• 矫枉过直jiǎo wǎng guò zhísee 矫枉过正
• 徇情枉法xùn qíng wǎng fǎsee 徇私枉法

Characters built on 王

These share the phonetic component 王 (wáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 旺wàngprosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming
• 汪wāngexpanse of water; ooze; (onomatopoeia) bark
• 琅lángjade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants
• 恙yàngsickness
• 璋zhāngjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 瑭táng(jade)

Characters that look like 枉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 标biāomark; sign; label
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 杠gàngcoffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line
• 枫fēngmaple (genus Acer)
• 栎lìoak; Quercus serrata

Sounds the same

Read wǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 网net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 往to go (in a direction); to; towards
• 罔to deceive; there is none; old variant of 网
• 惘disappointed; perplexed
• 辋tire; wheel band
• 魍used in 魍魉
• 罒net (Kangxi radical 122)
• 罓net (Kangxi radical 122)
• 蝄used in 蝄蜽
• 蛧old variant of 魍