The kanji 捻: meaning, readings and stroke order

捻

Meaning: twist
On reading: ネン nen
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 11
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vặn, xoắn (niệp)
Japanese: ねじる。ひねる。
Korean: 비틀다, 꼬다 (념·염)
Chinese: 拧、捻

Readings, words and example sentences

ネン nen · on reading · less common

捻ねん挫ざ
sprain
足首を 捻ねん挫ざしました。
I sprained my ankle.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.