扭

扭
niǔ = ni + ou3
to turn / to twist / to wring / to sprain / to swing one's hips
扭 = 丑 + 扌 : An ugly ox (丑) is charging at Nefertiti (ni) in the outhouse (ou3), but Nefertiti just swings her hips (扭) and turns him around (扭) using a toy claw (扌).

扭 character breakdown

丑
chǒu = ch + ou3
surname Chou
丑 = 二 + 刀 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a very ugly (丑) ox (丑) in the outhouse (ou3) and decides to destroy it with a cleaver (刀) because it is so ugly. He'll soon notice that the ox has been hooked up to a charged capacitor (二) so that anyone trying to damage it will be shocked.
丑
chǒu = ch + ou3
clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
丑 = 二 + 刀 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a very ugly (丑) ox (丑) in the outhouse (ou3) and decides to destroy it with a cleaver (刀) because it is so ugly. He'll soon notice that the ox has been hooked up to a charged capacitor (二) so that anyone trying to damage it will be shocked.
扌
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
丑
醜
chǒu = ch + ou3
shameful / ugly / disgraceful
丑 = 二 + 刀 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a very ugly (丑) ox (丑) in the outhouse (ou3) and decides to destroy it with a cleaver (刀) because it is so ugly. He'll soon notice that the ox has been hooked up to a charged capacitor (二) so that anyone trying to damage it will be shocked.

Characters with 扭 as component

扭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 扭

别
彆
扭
扭
awkward / difficult / uncomfortable / not agreeing / at loggerheads / gauche
扭
扭
伤
傷
a sprain / a crick / to sprain
扭
扭
扭
扭
乐
樂
Twister (game)
扭
捏
affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered
扭
扭
摆
擺
to twist and sway (one's body)
扭
矩
torque / turning force
扭
扭
结
結
to tangle up / to twist together / to wind
扭
腰
to sway one's hips / to twist one's waist
扭
扭
亏
虧
to make good a deficit / to reverse a loss
七
扭
八
歪
misshapen / crooked / uneven (idiom)
强
強
扭
扭
的
的
瓜
瓜
不
不
甜
甜
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom) / fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

Sentences with 扭

扭 currently does not appear in any sentence.