懂中文 Dong Chinese

捻

niǎn

to twist or nip with the fingers

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 念 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

念 sound component

念  Sound component

niàn

  

think of, ready

Evolution

捻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
捻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

捻  

niǎn

to twist or nip with the fingers; to twirl (in the fingers)

Most common words with 捻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

捻

to twirl (in the fingers)

捻军

Nien Army, leading a peasant rebellion against Qing dynasty in Northern China from 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion in South China