擰 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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níng, nǐng, nìng

pinch

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 寧 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

寧 Sound component

níng, nìng

peaceful

Definitions

níng

pinch; twist, wring; determined; to pinch; wring

nǐng

mistake; to twist

nìng

stubborn

Most common words with 擰

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.7551% of movies

2807th most common character in movies

3178th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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