撚

See also: 拈 and 捻

撚 U+649A, 撚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-649A ← 撙 [U+6499] CJK Unified Ideographs 撛 → [U+649B]

撚 U+F991, 撚 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F991 ← 戀 [U+F990] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 漣 → [U+F992]

Translingual

Han character

撚 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手月大火 (QBKF), four-corner 5303₃, composition ⿰扌然)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12713
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1961, character 5
• Unihan data for U+649A

• Unihan data for U+F991

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 撚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (肰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嘫	*rneːn
然	*njen
肰	*njen
繎	*njon, *njen
燃	*njen
蹨	*njenʔ, *neːnʔ
橪	*njenʔ, *ʔneːn
撚	*neːnʔ

Etymology 1

trad.		撚
simp. #		撚
alternative forms		捻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǎn (nian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nan² / nin² / nin⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngién / ngián
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nien³
    • Yale: nyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nean
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nan² / nin² / nin⁵
    • Yale: nán / nín / níhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nan² / nin² / nin⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nen² / nin² / nin⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐn³⁵/, /niːn³⁵/, /niːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngién
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngián
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lián
    • Tâi-lô: lián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liern
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛn⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nenX

Rime
Character	撚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	乃殄切
Baxter	nenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nenX/
Pan Wuyun	/nenX/
Shao Rongfen	/nɛnX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nɛnX/
Li Rong	/nenX/
Wang Li	/nienX/
Bernard Karlgren	/nienX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nin5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撚
Reading #	1/1
No.	10763
Phonetic component	肰
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	撚
Old Chinese	/*neːnʔ/

Definitions

撚

1. to pinch; to pick up (with one's fingers)
2. to take; to hold
3. to rub (with one's fingers)
4. to fiddle; to fidget
5. to play tricks; to toy with; to tease

   撚雀 [Cantonese]  ―  nan² zoek^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to play with birds (especially pet birds)

   撚狗 [Cantonese]  ―  nan² gau² [Jyutping]  ―  to play with dogs

6. to trample; to tread
7. Alternative form of 攆／撵 (niǎn, “to expel; to drive out”)
8. (music) to press on or lightly pinch in the strings of the pipa to produce a wave-like effect
9. (Southern Min) to swindle; to defraud

Compounds

• 加撚
• 吃醋撚酸
• 撚分子
• 撚化
• 撚手
• 撚指
• 撚酸
• 撚錢／撚钱
• 撚靶兒／撚靶儿
• 紙撚兒／纸撚儿
• 輕攏慢撚／轻拢慢撚

 

Etymology 2

trad.		撚
simp. #		撚
alternative forms		𡳞 𨶙 L Hong Kong

See 𡳞.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lan²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lan²
    • Yale: lán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: len²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐn³⁵/

Definitions

撚 (Cantonese, vulgar)

1. penis (Classifier: 條／条 c; 轆／辘 c)
2. fucking; freaking; the hell; the fuck

   乜都唔撚識／乜都唔撚识 [Cantonese]  ―  mat¹ dou¹ m⁴ lan² sik¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to not know a fucking thing

   日撚日喺度嘈 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   jat⁶ lan² jat⁶ hai² dou⁶ cou⁴ [Jyutping]

   to whine every fucking day

3. (derogatory) a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er (usually for males)

   Synonym: 閪／𲈹 (female equivalent)

   環保撚／环保撚 [Cantonese]  ―  waan⁴ bou² lan² [Jyutping]  ―  environmentalist

   中立撚 [Cantonese]  ―  zung¹ laap⁶ lan² [Jyutping]  ―  a person who is neutral

   耶撚 [Cantonese]  ―  je⁴ lan² [Jyutping]  ―  Christard

4. Negates the meaning of the sentence: fuck all, my ass, like fuck, no fucking way

   你識條撚！／你识条撚！ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ sik¹ tiu⁴ lan²! [Jyutping]  ―  You know fuck all!

   關你撚事！／关你撚事！ [Cantonese]  ―  gwaan¹ nei⁵ lan² si⁶! [Jyutping]  ―  None of your fucking business! / The fuck you care!

   你有撚用！ [Cantonese]  ―  nei⁵ jau⁵ lan² jung⁶! [Jyutping]  ―  You are of fuck all use!

   道條撚歉！／道条撚歉！ [Cantonese]  ―  dou⁶ tiu⁴ lan² hip³! [Jyutping]  ―  Apologize my ass! / Like fuck I will apologize!

Coordinate terms

• (Cantonese five profanities) 屌 (diu2), 㞗 (gau1), 撚 (lan2), 𨳍 (cat6), 閪／𲈹 (hai1); 小狗懶擦鞋／小狗懒擦鞋 (siu2 gau2 laan5 caat3 haai4)

Compounds

• 含撚
• 把撚
• 撚就
• 撚屌
• 撚樣／撚样
• 條撚／条撚
• 毒撚
• 窮撚／穷撚
• 耶撚
• 關……撚事／关……撚事

 

Japanese

Kanji

撚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to twist

   Synonyms: 拈, 捻, 捏

Readings

• Go-on: ねん (nen)
• Kan-on: でん (den)
• Kun: ひねり (hineri, 撚り)、ひねる (hineru, 撚る)、より (yori, 撚り)、よる (yoru, 撚る)、よれる (yoreru, 撚れる)

Compounds

• 撚(ねん)軍(ぐん) (nengun)
• 撚(ねん)糸(し) (nenshi)
• 撚(ねん)紙(し) (nenshi) (捻(ねん)紙(し))
• 撚(ねん)匪(ぴ) (nenpi)
• 紙(し)撚(ねん) (shinen)
• 攏(ろう)撚(ねん) (rōnen)

 

Korean

Hanja

撚 (eumhun 비틀 년 (biteul nyeon), word-initial (South Korea) 비틀 연 (biteul yeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撚: Hán Nôm readings: niệm

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References

• Nom Foundation