11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

twirl, twist, play with

Kun'yomi
  • to twist ②to sprain
  • to twist ②to sprain
  • to twirl ②to fiddle with
  • to twist ②to twist (a body part) ③to strangle (to death) ④to defeat easily
On'yomi
  • ネン
  • ジョウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ネン 39.3%
ひねくるひね 32.5%
じる 20.9%
ねじ 7.4%

Character Breakdown

twirl, twist, play with
ネン ひね.くる ね.じる (11th)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
wish, sense, idea
ネン (4th, N3)
now
いま コン キン (2nd, N5)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
fu
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)

Common Words

to work out ②to manage to find (money, time, etc.)
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.) ②working out (a plan, solution, etc.)
twisting techniques
twisted Chinese bellflower crest
head pivot throw
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References

Unicode hex code 637B
JIS X 0208 1-39-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1940
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2201
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 604
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 457
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2251
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1716
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 12222
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2094
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3c8.25
Four corner code 5803.2