斡
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Translingual
Han character
斡 (Kangxi radical 68, 斗+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十人卜十 (JJOYJ), four-corner 48440, composition ⿸龺⿱人斗)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 478, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13522
- Dae Jaweon: page 837, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2255, character 7
- Unihan data for U+65A1
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
斡 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 越 (oa̍t) | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʷaːd) : phonetic 倝 (OC *kaːns) + semantic 斗.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wò
- Wade–Giles: wo4
- Yale: wò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
- Palladius: во (vo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: waat3
- Yale: waat
- Cantonese Pinyin: waat8
- Guangdong Romanization: wad3
- Sinological IPA (key): /waːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vat
- Hakka Romanization System: vadˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: vad5
- Sinological IPA: /vat̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- oat - literary (“to turn; classifier; to safeguard”);
- oa̍t - vernacular (“to turn”).
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: uêg4 / uag4
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uek / uak
- Sinological IPA (key): /uek̚²/, /uak̚²/
Note:
- uêg4 - Chaozhou;
- uag4 - Shantou.
- Middle Chinese: 'wat
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʷaːd/
Definitions
斡
- to revolve; to spin; to rotate
- a surname: Wo
- (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) to change direction; to turn
- (Hokkien) Classifier for bends, curves or turns.
- (Hokkien) curved; crooked; bent
- 彎彎斡斡／弯弯斡斡 [Hokkien] ― oan-oan-oat-oat [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― zigzagging; meandering
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to safeguard; to shield; to back; to stick up for
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 轉, 拐 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拐 |
| Taiwan | 轉 | |
| Malaysia | 轉 | |
| Singapore | 轉 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 轉 |
| Hong Kong | 轉 | |
| Macau | 轉 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 轉 | |
| Penang (Guangfu) | 轉 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 轉 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 斡 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 斡 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 斡 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 斡 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 斡 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 斡 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 斡 |
| Quanzhou | 斡 | |
| Zhangzhou | 斡 | |
| Tainan | 斡 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 彎 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 斡 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 斡 | |
| Chaozhou | 斡 | |
| Shantou | 斡 | |
Compounds
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 斡 – see 管 (“to take control of; to be in charge of”). (This character is a variant form of 管). |
References
- “斡”, 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
斡
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 斡 (MC 'wat).
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅙᅪᇙ〮 (Yale: qwalq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 알〮 (ál) (Yale: al) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
斡: Hán Nôm readings: oát, quản
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