撓

撓 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手土土山 (QGGU), four-corner 5401₁, composition ⿰扌堯)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12698
• Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1952, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6493

撓

1. to disturb; to bother; to upset

   • 怒而撓之卑而驕之 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     怒而挠之卑而骄之 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Art of War, circa 5^th century BCE, translated based on Lionel Giles's version

     nù ér náo zhī bēi ér jiāo zhī

     If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant

2. to stir; to mix
3. to scratch
4. Alternative form of 鬧 / 闹 (nào, “noisy”)
5. to bend; to yield; to flinch
6. (Nanning Pinghua) paw; claw

• “撓”, 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, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰扌尭)

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• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
• Kan-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: いたむ (itamu, 撓む)、しなう (shinau, 撓う)、しわる (shiwaru, 撓る)、おおる (ōru, 撓る)、しおり (shiori)、しおる (shioru, 撓る)、たおむ (taomu, 撓む)、ためる (tameru, 撓める)、たわ (tawa, 撓)、たわむ (tawamu, 撓む)、たわめる (tawameru, 撓める)、たわわ (tawawa)、とおお (tōo)、とおむ (tōmu, 撓む)、とおらう (tōrau, 撓らう)、みだす (midasu, 撓す)、みだれる (midareru, 撓れる)

撓 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo, Yale yo)

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撓: Hán Nôm readings: nhéo, nạo, não, nàu, ngoéo, nhàu, ngàu, nao, nảo, nảu, nãu, nạu, nhao, nháo, nháu, nhảu, nhảo

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