Chinese Character 捏 Meanings and components.

Form

捏

Meaning

捏 meaning[3] in English

To Pinch (With One's Fingers).

To Knead.

To Make Up.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 捏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and (圼)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QHXG

How to write 捏

To write捏nie1to pinch … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 圼nie4 arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 圼 = 捏

捏 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 捏 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 捏, looks as follow:

捏
Pinyin:nie1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pinch (With One'S Fingers) . To Knead . To Make Up
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
圼
Pinyin:nie4 Shape:吕
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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