扭

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

• 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

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

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.

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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

   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   ―  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

• (to twist) 擰／拧 (nǐng)

• “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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

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

扭: Hán Nôm readings: nữu, níu, nửu

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