拗

拗

拗 U+62D7, 拗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D7 ← 拖 [U+62D6] CJK Unified Ideographs 拘 → [U+62D8]

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: 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
alternative forms		㑃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ào (ao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³
• Min Dong (BUC): áu

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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)⁺
    • 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.

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: áu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɑu²¹³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːws/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拗
Reading #	2/2
No.	15630
Phonetic component	幼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	靿
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːws/
Notes	原從人，晚轉註從手見韻會

Definitions

拗

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

Compounds

四不拗六 拗不登 拗口 (àokǒu) 拗口令 (àokǒulìng) 拗句 拗甜

曲拗 執拗／执拗 (zhíniù) 拗不過／拗不过 (niùbuguò) 拗口風／拗口风 拗強／拗强 拗彆／拗别

拗彆攪炒／拗别搅炒 拗處／拗处 拗蠻／拗蛮 (àomán) 拗體／拗体 拗體詩／拗体诗 違拗／违拗 (wéi'ào)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		拗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎo (ao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): áu
• Min Dong (BUC): ā
• Min Nan (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)⁺
    • 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/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: auh
    • Tâi-lô: auh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auq
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /auʔ⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠau^X/

Rime
Character	拗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於絞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwX/
Li Rong	/ʔauX/
Wang Li	/auX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拗
Reading #	1/2
No.	15624
Phonetic component	幼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	拗
Old Chinese	/*qrɯːwʔ/

Definitions

拗

1. (dialect) to bend or twist as to break
2. (Cantonese) to bend
3. (Hakka) to pluck; to pick (flowers, fruits, leaves, etc.)
4. (Hokkien) to fold

Synonyms

• (to pluck): 摘 (zhāi); (Min Nan) 挽
• (to fold): 摺／折 (zhé)

Compounds

手指拗出唔拗入 拗曲作直

拗柴 (“sprain one's ankle”) (Cantonese) 拗花

拗陷 (ǎoxiàn) 點拗／点拗

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		拗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niù (niu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˋ

• Min Dong (BUC): áu

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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): /njoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: áu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɑu²¹³/

Definitions

拗

1. stubborn; obstinate

Compounds

憋拗 拗性

拗相公

一不拗眾／一不拗众

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)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶
    • Yale: yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/

Definitions

拗

1. ^† to suppress; to repress

Compounds

拗怒 (yùnù)

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		拗

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aau³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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

拗

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 詏／𬣦 (“to argue; to dispute”).

Compounds

口同鼻拗 拗撬

包拗頸／包拗颈 拗頸／拗颈

爭拗／争拗

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)‎, 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

拗: Hán Nôm readings: húc, ao, áo, ảo, nữu

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