拗

ǎo · ào · niù

(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it…

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 8

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

拗=扌+幼

Etymology

hand

Meanings3 pronunciations

ǎo

(dialect) to twist; to bend (in order to break sth or form it into a shape)

ào

(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient

niù

stubborn; perverse; contrary

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Words with 拗 24 total

to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc)违拗wéi ào stubborn; willful; pigheaded · Taiwan pr. zhíào执拗zhí niù hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding拗口ào kǒu (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc)拗断ǎo duàn (Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese) · Taiwan pr. yìngāo硬拗yìng ào san'ao decoction (TCM)三拗汤sān ào tāng can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb)拗不过niù bu guò tongue twister拗口令ào kǒu lìng