斡

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 倝 + semantic 斗

Han character

斡 (radical 68 斗+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十人卜十 (JJOYJ), four-corner 4844₀)

1. revolve, rotate, turn

References

• KangXi: page 478, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13522
• Dae Jaweon: page 837, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2255, character 7
• Unihan data for U+65A1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

斡 (Yale wat3)

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Japanese

Kanji

斡 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. go around
2. rule
3. administer

Readings

• On: あつ (atsu), かん (kan), わつ (watsu)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru)

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Korean

Hanja

斡 (hangeul 알, 간, revised al, gan, McCune-Reischauer al, kan, Yale al, kan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

斡 (pinyin wò (wo4), Wade-Giles wo⁴)