Chinese Character 擰 Meanings and components.

Form

擰

Meaning

擰 meaning[3] in English

To Pinch.

Wring.

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Main Components

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

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 QJPN

How to write 擰

To write擰ning2to pinch you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 寧ning2abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 寧 = 擰

擰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

擰
Pinyin:ning2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pinch . Wring
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
寧
Pinyin:ning2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 Xia4 Hui2 Zu2 Zi4 Zhi4 Qu1] . Abbr. For Nanjing 南京[Nan2 Jing1] . Surname Ning
寍
Pinyin:ning2 Shape:吕
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
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
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

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

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

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