紆

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 9
Simplified Form: 纡

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yū, ōu
Cantonese: jyu1
JapaneseKun: MAGARU MEGURU
JapaneseOn: U
Korean: WU
Vietnamese: vò

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bend, turn, twist; distort

CE-Dict: winding/twisting

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to bend; to meander
2.a knot in one's heart

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》紆詘也。从糸于聲。一曰縈也。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】紆
【廣韻】憶俱切【集韻】【韻會】邕俱切，𠀤音迂。【說文】詘也。一曰縈也。【周禮·冬官考工記·矢人】中弱則紆。【註】紆，曲也。【史記·屈原傳】寃結紆軫兮。【註】紆，屈也。　又【博雅】紆，繩索也。　又姓。【廣韻】後秦有肥鄕侯始平紆邈。　又【集韻】匈于切，音訏。義同。　又【集韻】烏侯切，音謳。【類篇】陽紆，山名也。　又【韻補】叶委羽切【馬融·廣成頌】大匈哨後，縕巡歐紆。負隅依阻，莫敢嬰禦。

CF-Dict: sinueux

Han-De-Dict: drehen, verdrehen (u.E.)