Kanji details for

 
Common kanji
Uses 11 strokes
Taught in Junior high

Search words that:
- start with 捻
- end with 捻
- contain 捻
twirl, twist, play with
KUN:
  • ね.じる
    ne.jiru
  • ねじ.る
    neji.ru
  • ひね.くる
    hine.kuru
  • ひね.る
    hine.ru
ON:
  • ネン
    nen
  • ジョウ
    jou
Written with 11 strokes
Taught in Junior high
Radicals:
Example words(showing 1-10 of 49 results)

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to twist, to wrench, to turn (a switch on or off, etc.), to wring (a neck)(usually kana)
2.
to puzzle over(usually kana)
3.
to defeat easily(usually kana)
Other readings:
ひねる《拈る》
ひねる《撚る》

Godan-ru verb, transitive verb
1.
to screw, to twist(usually kana)
2.
to distort, to parody, to make a pun(esp. もじる)
3.
to torture, to wrest
All readings:
ねじる《捩る》
ねじる《捻る》
ねじる《拗る》
ねじる《捩じる》[1]
ねじる《捻じる》[1]
ねじる《拗じる》[1]
よじる《捩る》
もじる《捩る》
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
1.
screw(usually kana)
2.
key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
All readings:
ねじ《螺子》
ねじ《捻子》
ねじ《捩子》
ねじ《螺旋》
らし《螺子》
ネジ

Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1.
to get twisted, to get crooked, to get warped(usually kana)
2.
to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.), to become warped, to become perverse, to become contrary(usually kana)
3.
to become troubled, to become complicated, to become strained(usually kana)
All readings:
ねじれる《捩れる》
ねじれる《捻れる》
ねじれる《拗れる》
ねじれる《捻じれる》
ねじれる《捩じれる》

noun, auxillary suru verb
sprain, twist, wrench

あかうでねじ
akagonoudewonejiru
expression, Godan-ru verb
to take candy from a baby, to accomplish something with ease, to twist a baby's arm(obscure, idiom )
All readings:
赤子の腕をひねる【あかごのうでをひねる】
赤子の腕を捻る【あかごのうでをねじる】
赤子の腕を捻る【あかごのうでをひねる】
赤子の腕をねじる【あかごのうでをねじる】

あかひね
akagonotewohineru
expression, Godan-ru verb
to take candy from a baby, to accomplish something with ease, to twist a baby's arm(idiom )
All readings:
赤子の手をひねる【あかごのてをひねる】
赤子の手を捻る【あかごのてをひねる】
赤子の手を捻る【あかごのてをねじる】
赤子の手をねじる【あかごのてをねじる】

expression, Godan-ru verb
to puzzle over, to think deeply about, to rack one's brains over (wrack)
Other readings:
頭をひねる【あたまをひねる】

noun
male screw
See also:雌螺子
All readings:
雄ねじ【おねじ】
雄ネジ【おネジ】
雄螺旋【おねじ】
雄捻子【おねじ】
雄螺子【おねじ】
オネジ
オスネジ
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