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

扭
- 丑
  - 二
    - 一
  - 刀
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

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.

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.

chǒu = ch + ou3

shameful / ugly / disgraceful

Characters with 扭 as component

扭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 扭

to twist / to warp / to distort

to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion

to wrestle / to grapple / to scuffle

lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around

to turn one's head / to turn around

affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered

torque / turning force / torsion

takin (Budorcas taxicolor) / goat-antelope

toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)

to get into the black; to become profitable

to make good a deficit / to reverse a loss

Sentences with 扭

扭 currently does not appear in any sentence.