捻

捻 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手人戈心 (QOIP), four-corner 5803₂, composition ⿰扌念)

• 𣻧

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12222
• Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1901, character 3
• Unihan data for U+637B

• Unihan data for U+F9A4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nɯːb): semantic ⺘ (“hand”) + phonetic 念 (OC *nɯːms).^[1]

捻

1. (alt. form 拈, 撚) to pinch or twist into a string-like form with the fingers
2. (Central Plains Mandarin, synecdochic) a gang or group of people

   捻軍／捻军  ―  niǎnjūn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Quanzhou Hokkien, vulgar) stingy; miserly

• (stingy):

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捻

1. alternative form of 捏 (niē)

• “捻”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01611

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to twist

   Synonyms: 拈, 撚

From Middle Chinese 捻 (MC nep); compare Mandarin 捻 (niē):

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねふ (nefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←でふ (defu, historical)}

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin 捻 (niǎn):

• Go-on: ねん (nen, Jōyō)^{←ねん (nen, historical)←ねむ (nemu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: でん (den)^{←でん (den, historical)←でむ (demu, ancient)}

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: ねじる (nejiru, 捻る)^{←ねぢる (nediru, 捻る, historical)}、ねじれ (nejire, 捻れ)^{←ねぢれ (nedire, 捻れ, historical)}、ひねくる (hinekuru, 捻くる)、ひねくれる (hinekureru, 捻くれる)、ひねり (hineri, 捻り)、ひねる (hineru, 捻る)、よじる (yojiru)

捻 • (nyeom>yeom, nyeop>yeop) (hangeul 념>염, 녑>엽, revised nyeom>yeom, nyeop>yeop, McCune–Reischauer nyŏm>yŏm, nyŏp>yŏp, Yale nyem>yem, nyep>yep)

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 念 (niệm).

捻: Hán Việt readings: niệm^[1][2][3], niệp^[2][3][4], niêm^[2], niết^[2], niếp^[4], niễm^[5]
捻: Nôm readings: nắm^{[1][2][4][5][6][7][8]}, ném^{[1][2][4][5][6][7][8]}, núm^{[1][2][4][5][6][7]}, nạm^[1][5][6][7], đấm^[7], đệm^[7], nấm^[7]

1. chữ Nôm form of đấm (“to punch”)
2. chữ Nôm form of đệm (“to place (under)”)
3. chữ Nôm form of nạm (“(Central Vietnam) alternative form of nắm (“handful”)”)
4. chữ Nôm form of nắm (“to hold; to grip; to grasp; handful”)
5. chữ Nôm form of nấm (“mound; tumulus”)
6. chữ Nôm form of ném (“to throw, fling, cast”)
7. chữ Nôm form of núm (“used in khúm núm (“obsequious, submissive”)”)