Translingual

Han character

撚 (radical 64 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手月大火 (QBKF), four-corner 5303₃, composition ⿰扌然)

References

• KangXi: page 454, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12713
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1961, character 5
• Unihan data for U+649A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

撚

1. to pinch; to pick up (with one's fingers)
2. to take; to hold
3. to rub (with one's fingers)
4. to fiddle; to fidget
5. to play tricks; to toy with; to tease
6. to trample; to tread
7. Alternative form of 攆／撵 (niǎn, “to expel; to drive out”).
8. (music) to press on or lightly pinch in the strings of the pipa to produce a wave-like effect
9. (Min Nan) to swindle; to defraud
10. (Cantonese, vulgar) ****   (Classifier: 條／条 c)
11. (Cantonese, vulgar) ****; freaking; the ****; the ****
12. (Cantonese, vulgar) Negates the meaning of the sentence.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ねん (nen)
• Kun: ひねる (hineru), よる (yoru), より (yori)

Korean

Hanja

撚 • ‎(nyeon>yeon) (hangeul 년>연, revised nyeon>yeon, McCune-Reischauer nyŏn>yŏn, Yale nyen>yen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: niệm

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References

• Nom Foundation