矯
straighten; rectify; correct; reform; cure; control; pretend; falsify
17 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2105.
Readings
- キョウ (on reading): 矯正 (きょうせい) correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.); 歯列矯正 (しれつきょうせい) orthodontia
- ためる (kun reading): 矯める (ためる) to straighten; 矯め直す (ためなおす) to set up again
Components
- 矢
- 喬
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 乞 radical beg
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 口 radical mouth
- 大 radical big
- 矢 radical arrow
Words using 矯
- 矯正 (きょうせい) correction (of a fault, defect, flaw, etc.)
- 歯列矯正 (しれつきょうせい) orthodontia
- 縮毛矯正 (しゅくもうきょうせい) hair straightening
- 矯正施設 (きょうせいしせつ) correctional facility (for juveniles)
- 奇矯 (ききょう) eccentric
- 矯める (ためる) to straighten
- 矯め直す (ためなおす) to set up again
- 枝を矯める (えだをためる) to straighten a branch
- 不正を矯める (ふせいをためる) to redress injustice
- 角を矯めて牛を殺す (つのをためてうしをころす) to throw the baby out with the bath water
30 words in all.