Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

捻: twirl, twist

Also: play with

N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 念 is drawn in

11 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ネンnen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 捻挫ねんざsprain; twist; wrench

ねじるnejiru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 捻じれるねじれるto get twisted; to get crooked

ひねるhineru · kun'yomi

  • 捻るひねるto twist; to wrench

Also read ジョウ, ねじる, ひねくる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88
念

Also built on wish (念)

Also read ネン

8 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ジョウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
捻 twirl · 扌
vs稔 harvest · 禾
捻 has 扌 where 稔 has 禾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · niǎn

Same form: 捻 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
捻 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
捻 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin niǎn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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