ǎoàoniù

to pull

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

hand

幼 sound component

  Sound component

yòu

  

young, infant

Evolution

拗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
拗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

ǎo

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

 

ào

to bend in two so as to break; to defy; to disobey; also pr. [ǎo]

 

niù

stubborn; obstinate

() 

ào

variant of [ào]

Most common words with 拗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to defy

执拗

stubborn

拗口

hard to pronounce

违拗

to disobey

拗陷

geological depression