11 strokes
                                                    
                        Jouyou kanji
            Taught in 11th grade
    
                                            twirl, twist, play with
Kun'yomi
- ね - じ - る - to twist ②to sprain 
- ね - じ - る - to twist ②to sprain 
- ひ - ね - く - る - to twirl ②to fiddle with 
- ひ - ね - る - to twist ②to twist (a body part) ③to strangle (to death) ④to defeat easily 
On'yomi
- ネン 
- ジョウ 
Character Breakdown
References
| Unicode hex code | 637B | 
| JIS X 0208 | 1-39-17 | 
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 1940 | 
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 2201 | 
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 604 | 
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 457 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 2251 | 
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 1716 | 
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 12222 | 
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 2094 | 
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 3c8.25 | 
| Four corner code | 5803.2 |