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拗 kanji
crooked, twisted, distorted, perverted, cross
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
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- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
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On readings
オウヨウイクユウ
Kun readings
ねじれるこじれるすねるねじける
Words with 拗
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —執拗persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate; persevering; stubborn
- —拗音contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound
- —開拗音contracted sound
- —合拗音contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound