| 拗 | |||
| to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower); bent, warped; perverse, obstinate | |||
| Radical | 手扌才 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | aǒ aò niù | Cantonese reading | aau2 aau3 ngaau3 |
| Japanese on reading | ou you iku | Japanese kun reading | nejikeru suneru |
| Korean reading | yo | Vietnamese reading | húc |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 抝 | ||
| 拗 | [ aò ] variant of 拗[ao4] |
| 拗不过 | [ niù bu guò ] can't persuade, unable to make (sb) change their mind, unable to resist (sb) |
| 拗断 | [ aǒ duàn ] to break by twisting |
| ⇒ 三拗汤 | [ sān aò tāng ] san'ao decoction (TCM) |
| ⇒ 执拗 | [ zhí niù ] stubborn, willful, pigheaded, Taiwan pr. [zhi2 ao4] |
| ⇒ 违拗 | [ weí aò ] to disobey, to defy, deliberately going against (rule, convention, sb's wishes etc) |