wāi​wāi​niǔ​niǔ

crooked

wāi slant

Not  straight 

Components

Meaning component
bù, bu no
Meaning component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷraːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

niǔ, niu turn

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnuʔ
tnuʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang