to bend / to violate / to go against / ruthless and tyrannical

戾 character breakdown

a household / door / family

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is being attacked by a ghost (尸) with a big petal leaf (丶) on his head in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She's fighting him off using a wooden swinging door (户).

= + : Helga Horse's (hu) family (戶) is visiting her in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). For dinner, Helga prepared a ton of bananas (⺁) and a mandarin (口) on top.
dog / Kangxi radical 94

= + : Cupid wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog in the anthill and throws a petal leaf over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot happily leaps after the petal leaf.

= + : Looks like a Saint Bernard dog with only one eye.

Characters with 戾 as component

tears

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) and the eye of providence (目) are collecting their tears (泪) using water bottles (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4).
cry of a crane or wild goose
sorrowful
to roll the eyeballs to look

Words with 戾

perverse (behavior) / disagreeable (character)
see 乖戾[guai1 li4]
evil tendencies / vicious currents / antisocial behavior
mythical evil serpent / evil dragon in Western mythology, cf Revelations 14:12
to violate / to go against
cruel / tyrannical

Sentences with 戾

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