捩 – vocab dash

Keyword

wrench

screw
twist
distort

Strokes: 10

Readings

レイ

レツ

よじ.る

ね.じる

ねじ.れる

もじ.る

Stroke order

Composed of

扌left hand 戻turn back to how it was

Used in vocabulary

捩ねじれ

twist; wrench; distortion; kink; warp; torsion

Noun

捩ねじれる

to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become perverse; to become contrary; to become troubled; to become complicated; to become strained

Ichidan verb

捩ねじる

to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain

Godan verb

捩もじり

parody (of a famous work); pun

Noun

捩もじる

to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort

Godan verb

捩よじれる

to be twisted

Ichidan verb

捩よじる

to twist; to contort

Godan verb

捩ねじ花ばな

Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)

Noun

捩ねじ木き

Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)

Noun

捩ねじり

torsion; apply torque

Noun