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Keyword
to twirl
  • to twist or nip with the fingers
Frequency
#4246
Strokes
11
Readings
niǎn
Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 念 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
捻niǎn
to twirl (in the fingers)
捻军Niǎnjūn
Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south