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拗

拗 U+62D7, 拗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D7
← 拖
[U+62D6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 拘 →
[U+62D8]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

拗 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手女戈尸 (QVIS), four-corner 54027, composition ⿰扌幼)

  1. to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower)
  2. bent, warped
  3. perverse, obstinate

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11962
  • Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1862, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+62D7

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (幼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
黝 *qliw, *qrɯwʔ
坳 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
軪 *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws
眑 *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ
拗 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
鴢 *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ
靿 *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws
狕 *qrɯːwʔ
袎 *qrɯːws
怮 *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
窈 *qiːwʔ
苭 *qɯːwʔ
泑 *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ
呦 *qrɯw
蚴 *qrɯwʔ
幼 *qrɯws

Etymology 1 edit

simp. and trad.
 拗
alternative forms 㑃

Pronunciation edit

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 拗
Reading # 2/2
No. 15630
Phonetic
component 		幼
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		靿
Old
Chinese 		/*qrɯːws/
Notes 原從人，晚轉註從手見韻會

Definitions edit

拗

  1. to defy; to disobey
  2. hard to read

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.
 拗

Pronunciation edit

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Rime
Character 拗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 於絞切
Baxter 'aewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔaɨwX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔauX/
Wang
Li 		/auX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʔauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		aau2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 拗
Reading # 1/2
No. 15624
Phonetic
component 		幼
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		拗
Old
Chinese 		/*qrɯːwʔ/

Definitions edit

拗

  1. (dialectal) to bend; twist as to break
    搿根棒頭儂拗得斷𠲎？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
    搿根棒头侬拗得断𠲎？ [Shanghainese, simp.]
    8geq-ken 6baon-deu 6non 5au-teq 6doe-vaq [Wugniu]
    Can you bend this branch?
  2. (Hakka) to pluck; to pick (flowers, fruits, leaves, etc.)
  3. (Hokkien) to fold
Synonyms edit
  • (to pluck): 摘 (zhāi); (Hokkien) 挽
  • (to fold): 摺／折 (zhé)

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.
 拗

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

拗

  1. stubborn; obstinate

Compounds edit

Etymology 4 edit

simp. and trad.
 拗

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

拗

  1. † to suppress; to repress

Compounds edit

Etymology 5 edit

simp. and trad.
 拗

Pronunciation edit

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions edit

拗

  1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 詏／𬣦 (“to argue; to dispute”)

Compounds edit

Etymology 6 edit

simp. and trad.
 拗
alternative forms 奧／奥

Unclear. Zhang (1993) suggests that it might ultimately be derived from a contraction of 勿 + 要. Compare also 勿要, 𧟰.

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

拗 (Shadi Wu)

  1. do not
  2. do not want
  3. do not need to
  4. To indicate an undesirably or unexpectedly large degree or amount.
  5. To indicate that an action or circumstance is undesirable to the speaker.

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 別 (“do not”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 勿, 莫1, 毋, 無
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 別, 不要, 別要 chiefly Hong Kong
Mandarin Beijing 別, 別價
Taiwan 別, 不要
Harbin 別
Yantai (Muping) 別
Jinan 別, 別價, 甭價, 不要
Luoyang 嫑, 甭1, 休
Wanrong 嫑, 不要
Xi'an 嫑, 不敢
Lanzhou 不要
Xining 嫑
Ürümqi 嫑
Wuhan 莫1, 不
Chengdu 莫1, 不要, 嫑
Guiyang 不要
Guilin 莫1
Liuzhou 莫1, 莫要
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 莫1
Xuzhou 嫑, 休
Yangzhou 莫1, 不要
Nanjing 不要
Hefei 別, 不要
Malaysia 不要
Singapore 不要
Cantonese Guangzhou 咪, 咪個, 唔好
Hong Kong 咪, 唔好, 冇
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 唔好
Macau 唔要
Foshan (Shunde) 咪
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 咪
Zhuhai (Doumen) 唔好
Taishan 唔好
Kaiping (Chikan) 唔好
Dongguan 咪, 唔好
Shaoguan 咪
Yunfu 咪, 唔好
Yangjiang 莫1, 無好
Xinyi 毛
Lianjiang 冇
Nanning 冇要
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 咪
Singapore (Guangfu) 咪, 唔好
Gan Nanchang 莫1
Lichuan 毋要, 不要
Pingxiang 不要
Hakka Meixian 莫1, 毋愛, 毋好
Xingning 毋愛
Huidong (Daling) 毋好
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 毋好
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 毋好
Changting 毋要
Liancheng 毋要
Ninghua 毋要
Yudu 毋要, 毋敢
Ruijin 毋要
Shicheng 毋要
Shangyou (Shexi) 毋要
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 毋好
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 毋好
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 毋好
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 毋好
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 毋好
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 毋好
Hong Kong 毋好
Sabah (Longchuan) 毋愛
Senai (Huiyang) 毋好
Kuching (Hepo) 唔愛
Huizhou Jixi 不要, 嫑
Shexian 不要, 嫑
Tunxi 不要, 嫑
Jin Taiyuan 不要, 不敢
Xinzhou 不要, 嫑, 播
Northern Min Jian'ou 伓敢, 伓讓, 毋
Pucheng (Shibei) 伓敢
Eastern Min Fuzhou 伓通, 毋
Fuqing 伓通
Matsu 毋
Southern Min Xiamen 毋通, 毋愛, 莫2, 𱰠, 莫用
Quanzhou 毋通, 毋愛, 甭2, 莫用
Zhangzhou 毋通, 莫2, 甭2, 𱰠, 莫用
Zhao'an 孬
Taipei 莫2
New Taipei (Sanxia) 莫去
Kaohsiung 莫2
Yilan 毋通, 莫2
Changhua (Lukang) 莫2
Tainan 莫2, 甭2
Penang (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭2
Singapore (Hokkien) 莫2, 毋通, 甭2
Manila (Hokkien) 毋通, 甭2
Pingnan (Shangdu) 別
Chaozhou 孬, 莫2
Shantou 孬, 莫2
Shantou (Chaoyang) 莫2
Haifeng 莫2
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 孬
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 孬
Penang (Teochew) 莫2
Singapore (Teochew) 莫2, 孬
Leizhou 無地
Haikou 無用, 莫2, 無莫
Qionghai 無用
Singapore (Hainanese) 無用
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 冇要
Wu Shanghai 勿要, 𧟰
Shanghai (Chongming) 拗
Suzhou 𧟰
Wuxi 𧟰
Haimen 拗, 拗要, 弗要
Danyang 弗要, 𫸻
Hangzhou 嫑
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 弗要, 消, 𧟰
Ningbo 莫, 甮
Wenzhou 𧟰
Lishui ⿰毋樂
Qingyuan ⿰否樂
Jinhua 𫸻, 弗要, 弗用
Xiang Changsha 莫1, 不要
Loudi 不要, 莫1
Shuangfeng 莫1
Quanzhou 別

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References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

拗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Hanja edit

拗 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

拗: Hán Nôm readings: húc, ao, áo, ảo, nữu

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