歪む
ゆがむ · yugamu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan
to warp
歪 = 不 (not) + 正 (straight, correct): what is not straight is warped or crooked
The kanji 歪 combines 不 (not) with 正 (straight). Yugamu describes something that has left its straight line, like a warped board, a bent frame, or a face distorted by pain.
歪 — 不 (not) + 正 (upright)
歪 is a compound ideograph combining 不 'not' on top and 正 'upright/straight' below, literally 'not straight.' It is a relatively late character formed in vernacular Chinese to mean crooked, askew, or slanted. The meaning is transparent from its parts rather than derived from a phonetic component.
ひずむ · hizumu · JLPT N1 · verb-godan
to warp
歪 (wai, crooked) + む: to warp, bend out of true; hizumu, sounds like 'his zoom', a lens that's gone warped
歪 — 不 (not) + 正 (upright)
歪 is a compound ideograph combining 不 'not' on top and 正 'upright/straight' below, literally 'not straight.' It is a relatively late character formed in vernacular Chinese to mean crooked, askew, or slanted. The meaning is transparent from its parts rather than derived from a phonetic component.