Kanji

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: twirl, twist, twiddle, wring

Kunyomi: ひね.る

Onyomi: ネン セン デン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

華微笑 ネンゲミショウ heart-to-heart communication, thought transference, holding a flower and subtly smiling

捻出 ネンシュツ managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.), contriving, scraping together (money), working out (a plan, solution, etc.), thinking out, devising, contriving

Kunyomi Examples

捻る ひねる to twist, to wrench, to turn (a switch on or off, etc.), to wring (a neck), to puzzle over, to defeat easily