斡

      Translingual

      Etymology

      Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 倝 + semantic 斗

      Han character

      斡 (radical 68 斗+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十人卜十 (JJOYJ), four-corner 48440)

      1. revolve, rotate, turn

      References

      • KangXi: page 478, character 23
      • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13522
      • Dae Jaweon: page 837, character 12
      • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2255, character 7
      • Unihan data for U+65A1

      Cantonese

      Hanzi

      斡 (Yale wat3)

      Japanese

      Kanji

      斡 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

      1. go around
      2. rule
      3. administer

      Readings

      Korean

      Hanja

      斡 (hangeul 알, 간, revised al, gan, McCune-Reischauer al, kan, Yale al, kan)

      Mandarin

      Hanzi

      斡 (pinyin wò (wo4), Wade-Giles wo4)

      Read in another language

      This page is available in 6 languages

      Last modified on 6 February 2011, at 05:55