扭

Translingual

Han character

扭 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手弓土 (QNG), four-corner 5701₅, composition ⿰扌丑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 418, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11826
• Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1845, character 3
• Unihan data for U+626D

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Chinese

trad.		扭
simp. #		扭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔ (niu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² / nau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liú / niú / ngiú / láu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): niu² / nao⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǒu
    • Wade–Giles: niu³
    • Yale: nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou
    • Palladius: ню (nju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau² / nau⁵
    • Yale: náu / náuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau² / nau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo² / neo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵/, /nɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú
    • Tâi-lô: liú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niú
    • Tâi-lô: niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiú
    • Tâi-lô: ngiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋiũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu
    • Tâi-lô: láu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lao
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹/

Note: láu - 磱 is used in the Mainland.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: niu² / nao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niú / nău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu⁵²/, /nau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjuwX, trjuwX

Rime
Character	扭	扭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	女久切	陟柳切
Baxter	nrjuwX	trjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨuX/	/ʈɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuX/	/ʈiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/niəuX/	/ȶiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwX/	/ʈuwX/
Li Rong	/niuX/	/ȶiuX/
Wang Li	/nĭəuX/	/ȶĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯uX/	/ȶi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǔ	zhǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nau5	zau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuʔ/, /*tnuʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扭	扭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1518	1525
Phonetic component	丑	丑
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	狃	肘
Old Chinese	/*nuʔ/	/*tnuʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 扭

1. to twist (to turn the ends of something in opposite directions)
2. to wring

References

• “扭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

扭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. turn
2. twist
3. wrench
4. seize
5. grasp

Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅう (jū), にゅ (nyu), ちゅう (chū), ちゅ (chu)
• Kun: ねじまわす (nejimawasu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 扭 (nữu)

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