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拗
niù
1. stubborn
2. obstinate
Common • Top 22% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

拗
ǎo
to pull, to drag; perverse, obstinate; bent, warped
8 丶

Compound Words (2)

执拗
zhíniù
stubborn
拗不过
niùbuguò
can't persuade

Alternate Entries

拗
ào
variant of [[拗<ào>]]
拗
ào
to bend in two so as to break / to defy / to disobey / also pr. <ǎo>

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,628
Word Frequency Rank
18,727 of 84,292