23 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

crooked, bent

Kun'yomi
  • to cramp
On'yomi
  • レン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

レン 77.8%
22.2%

Character Breakdown

crooked, bent
レン つ.る ひ.く (Kentei 1)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)

References

Unicode hex code 6523
JIS X 0208 1-58-27
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2035
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2320
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2919
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3635
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 13032
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c19.3
Four corner code 2250.2