捻 – twirl, twist, play with

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 捻 means twirl, twist, play with. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ネン、ジョウ (nen, jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ね.じる、ねじ.る、ひね.くる、ひね.る (nejiru, nejiru, hinekuru, hineru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ネン	nen
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	ね.じる	nejiru
Kun’yomi	ねじ.る	nejiru
Kun’yomi	ひね.くる	hinekuru
Kun’yomi	ひね.る	hineru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: ｜・一・心・个・扎.

Words using 捻

捻るひねるto twist

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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