Memory phrase for the Kanji: 捻

捻

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Meaning twist, twirl

Pronunciation

NEN

Explanation

Left: Hand 扌, right: thought 念 (Now 今 I have in my heart 心 a thought.)

Mnemonic
 
(If you are inattentive, you will injure yourself:) It happens to your hand when you are in thoughts: you will twist it.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ
今 now
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

捻る ひねる  to turn (a switch) on or off, to twist, to puzzle over

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