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Kanji Detail for 拗 - "twist, sulk, break"

拗

  • Meaning

    拗 means "twist, sulk, break."

    1. Twist - To turn; to distort.

    2. Sulk - To pout; to be contrary.

    3. Break - To snap; to sprain.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    crooked; twisted; distorted; perverted; cross

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

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

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 拗[ao4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to pull, to drag; perverse, obstinate; bent, warped

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To break. Such as breaking tree branches, colloquially also 拗. | 拗戾: Stubbornly contrary. Such as 執拗, 拗強.
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    twist turn distort sulk pout contrary break snap sprain

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