Hanja Analyzer
拗

拗 — yo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
우길 요
Romanization
yo
English
to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower); bent, warped; perverse, obstinate
Mandarin
ào
Japanese on'yomi
オウ, ヨウ, ユ, イク, ユウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ねじ.れる こじ.れる す.ねる ねじ.ける
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
8
Radical
手 (64, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
幼
Unicode
U+62D7

Parts that make up 拗

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 幼 어릴 유sound 가는 실과 힘어리다. ‘유’ 계열의 소리

Korean example words with 拗

  • 요곡拗哭 Korean gloss: 어린아이가 밤에 불을 켜면 울지 아니하다가 불을 끄면 우는 일.
  • 요체拗體 Korean gloss: 한시에서, 정하여진 한문자 발음의 높낮이를 따르지 아니한 근체시. 절구나 율시의 변격으로, 두보의 시에서 많이 볼 수 있다.
  • 열요熱拗 Korean gloss: ‘열요하다’의 어근.
  • 집요執拗 Korean gloss: ‘집요하다’의 어근.
  • 요집하다拗執 Korean gloss: 외통으로 우기며 고집하다.
  • 요요기拗腰技 Korean gloss: 허리를 뒤로 꺾어 입으로 비녀를 물어 올리는 재주.
  • 집요히執拗히 Korean gloss: 몹시 고집스럽고 끈질기게.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 拗

  • 執拗しつよう persistent; obstinate; tenacious
  • 拗音ようおん contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound
  • 拗れこじれ complications; tangle
  • 執拗いしつこい insistent; obstinate; persistent
  • 拗けるねじける to curve; to twist; to be rebellious
  • 拗ねるすねる to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
  • 拗れるこじれる to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
  • 拗ね者すねもの perverse individual; cynic; misanthrope
  • 拗らすこじらす to make worse (e.g. disease); to aggravate; to complicate
  • 開拗音かいようおん contracted sound
  • 合拗音ごうようおん contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound
  • 拗らせるこじらせる to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

Characters sharing the phonetic 幼

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “요”

Other hanja with radical 手

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