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Keyword
to nip
  • to pick up with the fingers
  • to draw lots
Frequency
#4686
Strokes
8
Readings
niān
Mnemonic
To divine 占 by hand 扌; 占 also provides the pronunciation
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Used in vocabulary
拈niān
to nip; to grasp with the fingers; to fiddle with; Taiwan pr. nián
拈花惹草niānhuārěcǎo
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
拈香niānxiāng
burn incense