拈

niān · niǎn · diān

to nip · to grasp with the fingers

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 8

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

Stroke Order · 8 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

拈=扌+占

Etymology

To divine 占 by hand 扌; 占 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings

to nip

to grasp with the fingers

to fiddle with

Taiwan pr.

niān

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Words with 拈 41 total

burn incense拈香niān xiāng a snap of the fingers · a short moment · in a flash · in the twinkling of an eye拈指niān zhǐ (old) to be jealous拈酸niān suān lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) · fig. to womanize · to frequent brothels · to sow one's wild oats拈花惹草niān huā rě cǎo pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones · prefer the light to the heavy · prefer the light and shirk the heavy拈轻怕重niān qīng pà zhòng

Idioms with 拈 17 total

lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) · fig. to womanize · to frequent brothels · to sow one's wild oats拈花惹草niān huā rě cǎo pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones · prefer the light to the heavy · prefer the light and shirk the heavy拈轻怕重niān qīng pà zhòng