拈 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- ネン・セン・デン
- Kun
- ひね.る
- Meaning
- to twirl
Origin
Hand 扌 with 占 as phonetic: to twist between the fingertips.
Stroke order
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
拈華微笑の故事にちなむ言葉だ。
The phrase comes from the old story of the flower and the smile.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)