Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp

Also written ねじ曲がる【ねじまがる】捩じ曲がる【ねじまがる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

twirl, twist, play with

Kun
ね.じるねじ.るひね.くるひね.る
On
ネンジョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
Radical
hand

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Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.25The Kanji Dictionary
5803.2Four corner code
637bUnicode hex code
1-39-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1940Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2201New Nelson (John Haig)
604Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
457Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2251Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1716Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
12222Morohashi
2094Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
nian3Pinyin reading
nyeom, nyeobKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean

Kun
ま.がるま.げるくま
On
キョク
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
810 of 2500
Radical
say
WaniKani
Level 6

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まがた

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-6-2SKIP code
0a6.27The Kanji Dictionary
5560.0Four corner code
1976deroo
66f2Unicode hex code
1-22-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
103Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2418New Nelson (John Haig)
3527New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4340Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2197Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2956Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1172Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1256Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
604A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
327Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
715Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14280Morohashi
261A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
366Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
367Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
381sakade
609Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
279henshall3
264Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
625Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
996Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1180Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu3, qu1Pinyin reading
gogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level