Memory phrase for the character: 拗

拗

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Meaning

break in two, to defy, disobey, stubborn, obstinate

Pronunciation

ào, ǎo, niù

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: infant 幼 (A short thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand of an infant: breaks things.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
幺 short threadThis radical appears like a part of “thread 糸” and is therefore understood as a “short thread”.
力 power, forceA variations is: to act 办.




 Vocabulary

违拗 wéi ào  to disobey; to defy; deliberately going against (rule, convention, sb's wishes etc)
拗陷 ào xiàn  geological depression
拗断 ào duàn  to break by twisting
拗断 ào duàn  

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