扭

扭 U+626D, 扭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-626D ← 扬 [U+626C] CJK Unified Ideographs 扮 → [U+626E]

Translingual

Han character

扭 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手弓土 (QNG), four-corner 5701₅, composition ⿰扌丑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 418, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11826
• Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1845, character 3
• Unihan data for U+626D

Chinese

trad.		扭
simp. #		扭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuʔ, *tnuʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔ (niu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² / nau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiú / neú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liú / niú / ngiú / láu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): niu² / nao⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹gnieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǒu
    • Wade–Giles: niu³
    • Yale: nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou
    • Palladius: ню (nju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau² / nau⁵
    • Yale: náu / náuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau² / nau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo² / neo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵/, /nɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiú / neú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiu^ˋ / neu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiu³ / neu³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯u³¹/, /neu̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú
    • Tâi-lô: liú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niú
    • Tâi-lô: niú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niuo
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /niũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiú
    • Tâi-lô: ngiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋiũ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋiũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu
    • Tâi-lô: láu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lao
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau⁴¹/

Note: láu - 磱 is used in the Mainland.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: niu² / nao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niú / nău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niu⁵²/, /nau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹gnieu
    • MiniDict: nyeu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'nyieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɤ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjuwX, trjuwX

Rime
Character	扭	扭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	女久切	陟柳切
Baxter	nrjuwX	trjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨuX/	/ʈɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuX/	/ʈiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/niəuX/	/ȶiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwX/	/ʈuwX/
Li Rong	/niuX/	/ȶiuX/
Wang Li	/nĭəuX/	/ȶĭəuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯uX/	/ȶi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǔ	zhǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nau5	zau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuʔ/, /*tnuʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扭	扭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1518	1525
Phonetic component	丑	丑
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	狃	肘
Old Chinese	/*nuʔ/	/*tnuʔ/

Definitions

扭

1. to turn around

   • 楊志聽得弓弦響，扭回身，就鞍上把那枝箭只一綽，綽在手裡。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     杨志听得弓弦响，扭回身，就鞍上把那枝箭只一绰，绰在手里。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Yáng Zhì tīng de gōngxián xiǎng, niǔ huí shēn, jiù ān shàng bǎ nà zhī jiàn zhǐ yī chāo, chāo zài shǒu lǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to twist; to wrench

   瓶蓋扭不開／瓶盖扭不开  ―  pínggài niǔ bù kāi  ―  unable to open a bottle cap

   扭乾啲條毛巾啦 [Cantonese, trad.]
   扭干啲条毛巾啦 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nau² gon¹ di¹ tiu⁴ mou⁴ gan¹ laa¹ [Jyutping]

   wring the towel drier

3. to sprain

   把腳踝扭傷了／把脚踝扭伤了  ―  bǎ jiǎohuái niǔ shāng le  ―  to have sprained my angle

   扭嚫條腰／扭𰈍条腰 [Cantonese]  ―  nau² can¹ tiu⁴ jiu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  sprained my back

4. to swing (one's body)

   扭屁股  ―  niǔ pìgǔ  ―  to shake one's butt

   一扭一扭地走路  ―  yī niǔ yī niǔ de zǒulù  ―  to walk with a rolling gait

5. to seize; to grapple with
6. crooked; not straight

Synonyms

• (to twist) 擰／拧 (nǐng)

Compounds

• 一不扭眾 / 一不扭众
• 七扭八歪
• 七歪八扭
• 別扭 / 别扭
• 彆扭 / 别扭
• 扭來扭去 / 扭来扭去
• 扭傷 / 扭伤 (niǔshāng)
• 扭別 / 扭别
• 扭力 (niǔlì)
• 扭勁 / 扭劲
• 扭動 / 扭动 (niǔdòng)
• 扭嘴兒 / 扭嘴儿
• 扭手扭腳 / 扭手扭脚
• 扭打 (niǔdǎ)
• 扭扭屹屹
• 扭扭舞
• 扭扭薯條 / 扭扭薯条 (niǔniǔ shǔtiáo)
• 扭捏 (niǔnie)
• 扭掠 (liú-lia̍h) (Min Nan)
• 扭搜
• 扭搭
• 扭擰 / 扭拧
• 扭斷 / 扭断
• 扭是為非 / 扭是为非
• 扭曲 (niǔqū)
• 扭曲作直
• 扭橋 / 扭桥
• 扭筋
• 扭結 / 扭结
• 扭股兒糖 / 扭股儿糖
• 扭腔
• 扭腰
• 扭腰撒胯
• 扭腰舞
• 扭臀 (niǔtún)
• 扭虧 / 扭亏
• 扭蛋 (niǔdàn)
• 扭計 / 扭计
• 扭身
• 扭轉 / 扭转 (niǔzhuǎn)
• 扭送 (niǔsòng)
• 扭開 / 扭开
• 扭項 / 扭项
• 扭頭折頸 / 扭头折颈
• 扭頭暴筋 / 扭头暴筋
• 扭頭瞥項 / 扭头瞥项
• 揪扭
• 東扭西捏 / 东扭西捏
• 歪七扭八
• 歪歪扭扭 (wāiwāiniǔniǔ)
• 結扭 / 结扭
• 鬧彆扭 / 闹别扭

References

• “扭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

扭

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. turn
2. twist
3. wrench
4. seize
5. grasp

Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅう (jū)、にゅ (nyu)、ちゅう (chū)、ちゅ (chu)
• Kun: ねじまわす (nejimawasu)

Vietnamese

Han character

扭: Hán Nôm readings: nữu, níu, nửu

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