Kanji1 / 17
矯 kanji
rectify, straighten, correct, reform, cure, control, pretend, falsify
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
キョウ
Kun readings
ためる
Words with 矯
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —矯正Popularcorrection (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform; straightening (of teeth)
- —奇矯eccentric
- —矯激radical; extreme; eccentric
- —矯風reform of morals
- —矯飾affectation; pretense; pretence
- —矯味剤taste masking agent; flavoring substance
- —矯正院reformatory; house of correction
- —歯列矯正orthodontia; orthodontics
- —矯正視力corrected eyesight
- —奇矯な癖eccentric habit
- —矯角殺牛trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; the cure is worse than the disease
- —矯正職員correctional officer; corrections officer
- —縮毛矯正hair straightening
- —矯正施設correctional facility (for juveniles); juvenile detention centre (center); reformatory
- —裏側矯正lingual braces (dentistry)
- —矯正歯科orthodontics
- —過剰矯正hypercorrection
- —舌側矯正lingual orthodontics (e.g. braces)
- —歯牙矯正術orthodontia
- —歯列矯正器(orthodontic) braces