拗

Translingual

Han character

拗 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手女戈尸 (QVIS), four-corner 5402₇, composition ⿰扌幼)

1. to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower)
2. bent, warped
3. perverse, obstinate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11962
• Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1862, character 6
• Unihan data for U+62D7

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
黝	*qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪	*qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑	*qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢	*qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿	*qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕	*qrɯːwʔ
袎	*qrɯːws
怮	*qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈	*qiːwʔ
苭	*qɯːwʔ
泑	*qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦	*qrɯw
蚴	*qrɯwʔ
幼	*qrɯws

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		拗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴
    • Yale: àu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aw
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aau³
    • Yale: aau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːu̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拗

1. to defy; to disobey
2. hard to read

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		拗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎo (ao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): áu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): áu / auh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ao³
    • Yale: ǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ao
    • Palladius: ао (ao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: aau²
    • Yale: áau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːu̯³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: áu
    • Hakka Romanization System: au`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: au³
    • Sinological IPA: /au̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áu
    • Tâi-lô: áu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ao
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: auh
    • Tâi-lô: auh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /auʔ⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拗

1. (dialect) to bend or twist as to break
2. (Hokkien) to fold

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		拗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niù (niu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niòu
    • Wade–Giles: niu⁴
    • Yale: nyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niow
    • Palladius: ню (nju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拗

1. stubborn; obstinate

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		拗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: juk⁶
    • Yale: yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拗

1. ^† to suppress; to repress

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01549
• “拗”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

拗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• On: いく (iku)
• Kun: ねじる (nejiru, 拗る); ねじれる (nejireru, 拗れる); ねじける (nejikeru, 拗ける); こじれる (kojireru, 拗れる); すねる (suneru, 拗ねる)

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Korean

Hanja

拗 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 拗 (húc, ao, áo, ảo, nữu)

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