拗

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 抝

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ǎo, ào, niù, yù
Cantonese: aau2 aau3 ngaau3
JapaneseKun: NEJIKERU SUNERU
JapaneseOn: OU YOU IKU
Korean: YO
Vietnamese: húc

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower); bent, warped; perverse, obstinate

CE-Dict: stubborn/obstinate

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to bend or twist so as to break
niu
ㄋㄧㄡA
1.obstinate; stubborn; unmanageable

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》拗手拉也。从手幼聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】拗
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】於絞切【正韻】於巧切，𠀤坳上聲。【說文】手拉也。【增韻】折也。【尉繚子】拗矢折矛。【王令詩】低樹狂貌日摧拗。　又【韻會】【正韻】𠀤於教切，坳去聲。拗戾，固相違也。【朱子·語類】王臨川天資亦有拗强處。【李綽秦中歲時記】初冬納文書，却謂之選門閉。四月選事畢，却謂之選門開。選人名在令史前，謂之某家百姓。狀在判後，又却須黏在判前，因名四拗。　又【集韻】於交切，音坳。義同。　又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤乙六切，音郁。抑也。【班固·西都賦】蹂躪其十二三，乃拗怒而少息。【註】禽獸十分殺其二三，抑士卒怒以少息焉。　又【集韻】於糾切，幽上聲。義同。

CF-Dict: opiniâtre/têtu/entêté/rétif/difficile/désobéissant

Han-De-Dict: knicken (u.E.) (V)