撚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

twist, twine, kinky

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ネン
Kun (native)
  • よ(る)
  • よ(れる)
  • より
  • ひね(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音nian3
  • 한글nyeon
  • Hán-ViệtNiên
  • Hán-ViệtNiễn
  • Hán-ViệtNhiên

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+649A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌然

Words using this kanji

  • 撚糸ねんし二本以上を合わせ、撚りをかけること。また、そのようにしてつくった糸。twisted thread or yarn, twining of thread or yarn
  • 撚るよるよるを参照。to twist (yarn), to lay (rope)
  • 撚翅ねじればねstrepsipteran
  • 撚り合わせるよりあわせるto intertwine, to twist together

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-12
Four Corner
5303.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c12.6
Heisig
2365
Nelson
1997