screw, twist, wrench, distort
捩 centers on applying rotational force to turn, bend, or deform something: screwing, twisting, wrenching, or distorting.
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.
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.
For レイ, imagine twisting a ray of light into a spiral: ray -> レイ, and your hand bends the light beam.
to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped
to twist; to screw; to wrench
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on)
twist; wrench; distortion; kink; warp
to curve; to twist
torsion; apply torque
to wrench someone down to the ground
to wring off; to wrest from
towel twisted into a headband
to wrench open
parody (of a famous work)
to twist; to contort
to be twisted
Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)
Lyonia ovalifolia (species of plant in the Ericaceae family)
Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)
turning an object in the wrong direction
to have the tables turned on one
to retort; to turn the tables (on someone)