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niān(nian1) , niǎn(nian3) , diān(dian1) // pronunciations of 拈 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 拈

Unihan definition: pick up with fingers; draw lots

Number of strokes: 8
Examples of other characters consisting of 8 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  64.5

Frequency rank: 3616

General standard index number: 3840

Examples of words containing this character: 拈指, 拈酸, 拈香, 惹草拈花, 手到拈来, 拈花惹草

English translation (based on CEDICT):

拈[niān]:
- to nip
- to grasp with the fingers
- to fiddle with
- Taiwan pr. [nian2]

Details

Unicode code point: U+62C8

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