枉
crooked, twist, unjust
枉 is composed of 木 (wood) and a variant of 往 (go, toward). 木 is a pictograph of a tree, while 往 indicates moving forward. The branches of a tree grow outward in different directions, gradually bending and twisting. Thus, 枉 originally described bending or curving, later extending to mean injustice or unfairness.
Vocabulary of 枉
- 冤枉 (wronged)
- 枉法 (abuse law)
- 枉然 (in vain)
Classification
Related Characters:
4木
wood5本root5末end5未not yet5朮glutinous millet6朿
stab6朽aged6朵flower6杀
kill6朱
vermilion7村village7束
bind7材
material7杆
pole7杙stake for tethering animals8林
forest8杭
ferry8杯cup8析divide8杪tip of branch8東
east8板
plank8枉crooked8杵pestle8果fruit8枝
branch9柲weapon handle9柄handle9柑
tangerine9某
someone9枯dried up9柵fence9柞
oak9柯stem9柱
pillar9柚
pomelo9枼
leaf9柤wooden fence9查check9柔soft9柙
cage9枰
chessboard9枷cangue10桔Platycodon10案table10栓bottle stopper10核nucleus10框
frame10桑mulberry10桀cruel10根root10格frame10校check10桓hover10株tree trunk10桅mast11桶bucket11梢tip11梅plum11桿
pole11械tool11梨
pear11梗
stem12棗
jujube12棘
thorns12森
jungle12植plant12棧pen for livestock12棺
coffin12極extreme12棄abandon12棋chess12棆wood13楊poplar13楂raft13楚pain13楨trunk14榮
honor14槁
withered14槓
rod14榜
oar14榨
press14樟camphor14榷
footbridge14槍spear14業cluster14模model14槃dish15標sign15樣shape15樞hinge15樂music16樹tree16樵firewood16橇sled16橫across17檣mast17檔
shelves17檢letter17檀sandalwood18櫈bench18櫃cabinet18檯table20櫬
coffin21櫻cherry22權
power