枉

wǎng
#2,912 most
frequent character
to twist, crooked, unjust, in vain

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

枉 pairs 木 wood, the meaning part, with 王 wáng, the sound part. It first meant 'a crooked tree'. The meaning grew to 'crooked', 'unjust, wrong', 'to twist', and 'to distort'.

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网wǎng
net, network

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