枉 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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wǎng

useless

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 王 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

王 Sound component

wáng, wàng

king

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wǎng

useless, in vain; bent, crooked; to twist; crooked; unjust; in vain

Most common words with 枉

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	冤枉	to accuse wrongly
	枉	to twist
	枉法	to circumvent the law
	贪赃枉法	corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
	枉然	in vain

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qʷaŋʔ	'jwangX	wǎng	crooked; depraved

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.0343% of movies

3013th most common character in movies

2918th most common character in books

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