Kanji Detail for 枉 - "bend, warp, forcibly, false charge, vainly"

枉

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
枉 means "bend, warp, forcibly, false charge, vainly."
1. Bend - To curve; to distort.
2. Warp - To twist; to pervert.
3. Forcibly - With effort; deliberately.
4. False charge - An unjust accusation.
5. Vainly - Uselessly; idly.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

bend; curve; crooked; perverse; lean; forcibly; against one's will

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

useless, in vain; bent, crooked

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

useless, in vain; crooked, bent

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Crooked, unjust. Such as 枉道 (to deviate from the right path). | Wronged. Such as 冤枉 (unjust treatment). | To condescend is called 枉. Such as 枉顧 (condescending to visit), 枉駕 (condescending to come). | Effort without result is also called 枉. Such as 枉費精神 (to waste one's energy).
Onyomi

oh(おう)
Kunyomi

ma.garu(まがる)

ma.geru(まげる)

magete
Strokes

8 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
bend curve distort warp twist pervert forcibly effort deliberately false charge unjust accusation vainly uselessly