歪歪扭扭 wāiwāiniǔniǔ crooked Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 歪 wāi slant Not 不 straight 正 Components 不 不 Meaning component bù, bu no 正 正 Meaning component zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangqʰʷraːl Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 扭 niǔ, niu turn Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 丑 丑 Sound component chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangnuʔtnuʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang