Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 拈
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拈 |
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Meaning |
to grasp with fingers, to nip, to draw lots |
Pronunciation |
niān |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right: fortune telling, to occupy 占 (Here: The stick 卜 is firm in the gripping 口 hand.) |
Mnemonic
| When the hand is occupying, it grasps wih the fingers. |
Radicals
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扌
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hand | |
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占
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divine | (It is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 拈香 |
niān xiāng |
burn incense | | 拈花惹草 |
niān huā rě cǎo |
to play with flowers and grass (idiom); to philander; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats | | 拈指 |
niān zhǐ |
a snap of the fingers; a short moment; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye |
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