拗
niù
3 readings · tap one to hear it
(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 拗
- Common rank
- #3,023
- Unicode
- U+62D7
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 拗
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拗不过 | can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb) | |
| 拗口令 | tongue twister | |
| 三拗汤 | san'ao decoction (TCM) | |
| 拗口 | hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding | |
| 拗断 | (dialect) to break (by twisting, bending, snapping etc) | |
| 硬拗 | (Tw) (coll.) to defend an untenable position with ridiculous arguments (from Taiwanese, Ta… | |
| 执拗 | stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4] | |
| 违拗 | to disobey; to defy; to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 幼 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幼 sound part | infant, young child; immature | |
| 窈 | obscure, secluded; quiet, refined | |
| 坳 | cavity, depression, hollow; depressed; undulating | |
| 呦 | the sound of a deer bleating | |
| 黝 | black |