拈

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 敁

Pronunciation

Pinyin: niān, niǎn, diān
Cantonese: nim1 nin2
JapaneseKun: TSUMAMU
JapaneseOn: DEN SEN NEN
Korean: NYEM
Vietnamese: chêm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: pick up with fingers; draw lots

CE-Dict: to nip/to grasp with the fingers/to fiddle with/Taiwan pr. [nian2]

Soothill: To take in the fingers, pluck, pinch.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to take or hold with fingers; to pick up

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: pick up

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: pick up

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》拈𢬴也。从手占聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】拈
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤奴兼切，音鮎。【說文】𢬴也。【廣韻】指取物也。【杜甫詩】舍西柔桑葉可拈。　又【集韻】職琰切，音颭。【正韻】尼占切，音黏。義𠀤同。

Buddhism words and phrases to pick up and handle something with the fingers

CF-Dict: prendre avec les doigts

Han-De-Dict: flitzen (u.E.) (V)