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Kotomora

捩

screw, twist, wrench, distort

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Readings

On'yomi

  • レイ
  • レツ

Kun'yomi

  • よじ.る
  • ね.じる
  • ねじ.れる
  • もじ.る

Meaning

捩 centers on applying rotational force to turn, bend, or deform something: screwing, twisting, wrenching, or distorting.

Most common words using 捩

  • 捩れるねじれる
    N1

    to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped

  • 捩るねじる
    N2

    to twist; to screw; to wrench

  • 捩るもじる

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

  • 捩れねじれ

    twist; wrench; distortion; kink; warp

  • 捩じくれるねじくれる

    to curve; to twist

  • 捩じりねじり

    torsion; apply torque

  • 捩じ倒すねじたおす

    to wrench someone down to the ground

  • 捩じ取るねじとる

    to wring off; to wrest from

  • 捩じ鉢巻きねじはちまき

    towel twisted into a headband

  • 捩じ開けるねじあける

    to wrench open

  • 捩りもじり

    parody (of a famous work)

  • 捩るよじる

    to twist; to contort

  • 捩れるよじれる

    to be twisted

  • 捩摺もじずり

    Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)

  • 捩木ねじき

    Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)

  • 捩花ねじばな

    Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)

  • 逆捩じさかねじ

    turning an object in the wrong direction

  • 逆捩じを食うさかねじをくう

    to have the tables turned on one

  • 逆捩じを食わせるさかねじをくわせる

    to retort; to turn the tables (on someone)

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Etymology

捩 combines 扌 (hand) with 戾, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of bending or twisting. The exact historical development of 戾 is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The hand radical 扌 beside 戾 suggests a hand twisting or wrenching something. Picture a hand gripping a stubborn lid and twisting it with force.

Reading mnemonic

For レイ, imagine twisting a ray of light into a spiral: ray -> レイ, and your hand bends the light beam.