Chinese Character 捻 Meanings and components.

Form

捻

Meaning

捻 meaning[3] in English

To Twirl (In The Fingers).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 捻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and variant of 念[nian4], … (念)

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 QOIP

How to write 捻

To write捻nian3to twirl … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 念nian4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 念 = 捻

捻 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

捻
Pinyin:nian3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Twirl (In The Fingers)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
念
Pinyin:nian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 念[Nian4], To Read Aloud
今
Pinyin:jin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Now . The Present Time . Current . Contemporary . This (Day, Year Etc)
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
㇇
Pinyin:㇇
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

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

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

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