冤枉
yuān wang · HSK 7
to accuse wrongly
⚖️🐇 冤 = rabbit trapped under a roof (宀+兔); 枉 = bent wood (木) — a crooked wrong
冤 shows a rabbit (兔) pinned under a cover (宀): cornered, unable to clear its name. 枉 pairs wood (木) with 王 for something bent out of true. Together they name a wrong done crookedly — being falsely accused or treated unjustly.
冤 — cover 冖 + rabbit 兔
Depicts a rabbit (兔) trapped under a cover (冖), unable to escape. This image of a creature wrongly confined gave rise to the meanings 'injustice,' 'wrong,' and 'grievance.' The character has retained this sense of unfair suffering since ancient times.