拈

8 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

twirl, twist, twiddle, wring

Kun'yomi
  • ひねる
    		to twist ②to twist (a body part) ③to strangle (to death) ④to defeat easily
On'yomi
  • ネン
  • セン
  • デン

Main Radical

手(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

twirl, twist, twiddle
ネン　セン　デン (Kentei 1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う　セン　し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

ねん
拈
げ
華
み
微
しょう
笑
heart-to-heart communication
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References

Unicode hex code 62C8
JIS X 0208 1-57-32
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1866
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2106
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 583
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 11945
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c5.23
Four corner code 5106.0