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拈 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ネン・セン・デンねん・せん・でん · nen · sen · den
Kun
ひね.るhine.ru
Meaning
to twirl

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 占 as phonetic: to twist between the fingertips.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拈華微笑ねんげみしょう

    wordless understanding between minds

  • 拈るひねる

    to twist; to turn over in one's mind

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

拈華(ねんげ)微笑(びしょう)の故事(こじ)にちなむ言葉(ことば)だ。

The phrase comes from the old story of the flower and the smile.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

拈華微笑拈華微笑拈華微笑拈微slight笑laugh華splend…扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…刋to cut仟thousa…阡a thou…芟to mow…吮to suc…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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