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捻 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ネン・ジョウねん・じょう · nen · jō
Kun
ね.じる・ねじ.る・ひね.くる・ひね.るne.jiru · neji.ru · hine.kuru · hine.ru
Meaning
twist; wring

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus a phonetic element: to turn something round with the hand — to twist.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onネンねんnen捻挫ねんざ捻出ねんしゅつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 捻挫ねんざ

    sprain

  • 捻出ねんしゅつ

    contriving; scraping together

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

階段(かいだん)で足首(あしくび)を捻挫(ねんざ)した。

I sprained my ankle on the stairs.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

捻出捻挫捻出exit挫crush拉pull…拭wipe拶press…捗make…捉catch溺drown丈length上up仍theref…冗superf…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ネンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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