扭 — Chinese character
扭
niǔ
to turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize
- Pinyin
- niǔ
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 丑
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 丑
Common words with 扭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扭曲 | niǔ qū | to twist; to warp |
| 扭转 (扭轉) | niǔ zhuǎn | to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation) |
| 别扭 (彆扭) | biè niu | awkward; difficult |
| 扭伤 (扭傷) | niǔ shāng | a sprain; a crick |
| 扭头 (扭頭) | niǔ tóu | to turn one's head; to turn around |
| 扭矩 | niǔ jǔ | torque; turning force |
| 扭亏 (扭虧) | niǔ kuī | to make good a deficit; to reverse a loss |
| 闹别扭 (鬧彆扭) | nào biè niu | to be difficult with sb; to provoke disagreement |
| 扭打 | niǔ dǎ | to wrestle; to grapple |
| 扭力 | niǔ lì | torque; turning force |
| 扭亏为盈 (扭虧為盈) | niǔ kuī wéi yíng | (idiom) to get into the black; to become profitable |
| 扭送 | niǔ sòng | to seize and hand sb over to the authorities |
English words written with 扭
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.