See also:
U+62C8, 拈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62C8

[U+62C7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+62C9]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手卜口 (QYR), four-corner 51060, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𢜋, 𤭥, 𭾄, 𥮠

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 424, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11945
  • Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1851, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+62C8

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (157)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter nem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nem/
Pan
Wuyun
/nem/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɛm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nɛm/
Li
Rong
/nem/
Wang
Li
/niem/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/niem/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nim4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16732
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*neːm/

Definitions

  1. to pick up with one's fingers

Compounds

  • 信手拈來 / 信手拈来
  • 吃醋拈酸
  • 弄柳拈花
  • 惹草拈花
  • 拈來 / 拈来
  • 拈弄 (niānnòng)
  • 拈弓搭箭
  • 拈掇
  • 拈相
  • 拈筆 / 拈笔
  • 拈花弄月
  • 拈花微笑
  • 拈花惹草 (niānhuārěcǎo)
  • 拈花摘草
  • 拈花摘葉 / 拈花摘叶
  • 拈輕怕重 / 拈轻怕重 (niānqīngpàzhòng)
  • 拈酸吃醋
  • 拈針指 / 拈针指
  • 拈頭 / 拈头
  • 拈題分韻 / 拈题分韵
  • 拈香
  • 拈鬮 / 拈阄 (niānjiū)
  • 搭搭拈拈
  • 白拈賊 / 白拈贼

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to twist with fingers”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Compounds

  • 績麻拈苧 / 绩麻拈苎

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to weigh in the hand”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Compounds

  • 拈折
  • 拈掇

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to twist
    Synonyms: ,

Readings

  • Go-on: ねん (nen)ねん (nen, historical)ねむ (nemu, ancient)
  • Kan-on: でん (den)でん (den, historical)でむ (demu, ancient)
  • Kun: つまむ (tsumamu)ひねくる (hinekuru, 拈くる)ひねり (hineri, 拈り)ひねる (hineru, 拈る)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

• (nyeom>yeom) (hangeul >, revised nyeom>yeom, McCune–Reischauer nyŏm>yŏm, Yale nyem>yem)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: chêm, niêm, chiêm, chớm, niếm, nắm

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