# 拗 — Get complicated

Frequency rank 2121 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 巾 (Towel), less common than 畏 (Fear).

- On’yomi: おう、よう、ゆ、いく
- Kun’yomi: すねる、ねじける
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level XVII of XX

In words:

- 拗れる こじれる — to get complicated;to grow worse

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