Meanings
- twirl
- twist
- play with
Strokes11
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
FrequencyBeyond #2,500
Kanji N2
捻: twirl, twist, play with
捻 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning twirl, twist, play with, written with 11 strokes. It is read ネン, ジョウ (on) and ねじる, ひねくる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 捻る (ひねる, to twist) and 捻じれる (ねじれる, to get twisted).
捻
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ネン
- ジョウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- ねじる
- ねじる
- ひねくる
- ひねる
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 捻
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- 捻るひねるJLPT N2
to twist; to wrench
- 捻じれるねじれるJLPT N1
to get twisted; to get crooked; to get warped
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