niǎn
to twist or nip with the fingers
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 念 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 捻
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to twirl (in the fingers) | ||
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 |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3471st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+637B |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“捻，指捻也。从手，念聲。” |
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