歪
wāi
askew
at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side
not (不) + straight (正) = crooked or devious
The character is a semantic compound built by stacking 不 directly on top of 正, making the meaning completely transparent: not straight. This visual logic doubles as the character's structure — the shape itself enacts the definition.
你的帽子戴歪了，快扶正吧。
nǐ de mào zi dài wāi le，kuài fú zhèng ba。
Your hat is on crooked, straighten it up quickly.
这幅画挂歪了，看起来很不舒服。
zhè fú huà guà wāi le，kàn qǐ lái hěn bù shū fu。
This painting is hung at a crooked angle, it looks quite uncomfortable.
Words with 歪
邪门歪道
xié mén wāi dào
lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
misshapen
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
口眼歪斜
kǒu yǎn wāi xié
facial nerve paralysis
哩溜歪斜
lī liū wāi xié
crooked
带歪
dài wāi
(coll.) to lead astray
弄歪
nòng wāi
to distort
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
乐歪
lè wāi
to be thrilled
歪嘴
wāi zuǐ
twisted mouth
歪打正着
wāi dǎ zhèng zháo
to succeed by a lucky stroke
歪斜
wāi xié
crooked