扭

扭	U+626D, 扭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-626D

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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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: 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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nuʔ, *tnuʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niǔ (niu³)
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nau², nau⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiú / neú
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): liú / niú / ngiú / láu
(Teochew, Peng'im): niu² / nao⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): 'nyieu (T1)

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): /njoʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 / neú
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiu` / neu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu³ / neu³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲi̯u³¹/, /neu̯³¹/
Min Nan
- (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 (Kaohsiung): /niũ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niũ⁵³/
- (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/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: 'nyieu (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʔn̠ʲiɜ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ɳɨu^X/, /ʈɨu^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨu^X/	/ʈɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiu^X/	/ʈiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/niəu^X/	/ȶiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuw^X/	/ʈuw^X/
Li Rong	/niu^X/	/ȶiu^X/
Wang Li	/nĭəu^X/	/ȶĭəu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯u^X/	/ȶi̯ə̯u^X/
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

扭

to turn around
- 楊志聽得弓弦響，扭回身，就鞍上把那枝箭只一綽，綽在手裡。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  杨志听得弓弦响，扭回身，就鞍上把那枝箭只一绰，绰在手里。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE
  Yáng Zhì tīng de gōngxián xiǎng, niǔ huí shēn, jiù ān shàng bǎ nà zhī jiàn zhǐ yī chāo, chāo zài shǒu lǐ. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this example)
to twist; to wrench
瓶蓋扭不開／瓶盖扭不开 ― pínggài niǔ bù kāi ― unable to open a bottle cap
扭乾啲條毛巾啦 [Cantonese, trad.]
扭干啲条毛巾啦 [Cantonese, simp.]
nau² gon¹ di¹ tiu⁴ mou⁴ gan¹ laa¹ [Jyutping]
wring the towel drier
to sprain
把腳踝扭傷了／把脚踝扭伤了 ― bǎ jiǎohuái niǔ shāng le ― to have sprained my angle
扭嚫條腰／扭𰈍条腰 [Cantonese] ― nau² can¹ tiu⁴ jiu¹ [Jyutping] ― sprained my back
to swing (one's body)
扭屁股 ― niǔ pìgǔ ― to shake one's butt
一扭一扭地走路 ― yī niǔ yī niǔ de zǒulù ― to walk with a rolling gait
to seize; to grapple with
crooked; not straight

Synonyms

(to twist) 擰／拧 (nǐng)

Compounds

七扭八歪
七歪八扭
扭力 (niǔlì)
扭打 (niǔdǎ)
扭扭屹屹
扭扭舞
扭捏 (niǔnie)
扭掠 (liú-lia̍h) (Min Nan)
扭搜
扭搭
扭曲 (niǔqū)
扭曲作直
扭筋
扭腔
扭腰
扭腰撒胯
扭腰舞
扭臀 (niǔtún)

扭蛋
扭身
扭送 (niǔsòng)
揪扭
歪七扭八
歪歪扭扭
一不扭眾／一不扭众
別扭／别扭
彆扭／别扭 (bièniu)
扭來扭去／扭来扭去
扭傷／扭伤 (niǔshāng)
扭別／扭别
扭勁／扭劲
扭動／扭动 (niǔdòng)
扭嘴兒／扭嘴儿
扭手扭腳／扭手扭脚
扭扭薯條／扭扭薯条 (niǔniǔ shǔtiáo)

扭擰／扭拧
扭斷／扭断
扭是為非／扭是为非
扭橋／扭桥
扭結／扭结
扭股兒糖／扭股儿糖
扭虧／扭亏
扭計／扭计
扭轉／扭转 (niǔzhuǎn)
扭開／扭开
扭項／扭项
扭頭折頸／扭头折颈
扭頭暴筋／扭头暴筋
扭頭瞥項／扭头瞥项
東扭西捏／东扭西捏
結扭／结扭
鬧彆扭／闹别扭 (nào bièniu)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

扭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

turn
twist
wrench
seize
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)

Vietnamese

Han character

扭: Hán Nôm readings: nữu, níu, nửu

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