拗 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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ǎo, ào, niù

to pull

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

幼 Sound component

yòu

young, infant

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

ǎo

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

ào

to bend in two so as to break; to defy; to disobey; also pr. [ǎo]

niù

stubborn; obstinate

ào

variant of 拗[ào]

Most common words with 拗

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3629th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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