拗
Definition
ǎo:* 弯曲使断，折。 竹竿～断了。 ào:* 不顺，不顺从。 ～口。～口令。 niù:* 固执；倔强，不驯顺。 执～；违拗；～不过他。 * 扭；拧 * 扭曲；弯曲
to pull, drag, break off, to pluck (a flower); bent, warped; perverse, obstinate
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->