Kanji details for 捻
捻
Common kanji
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
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:
- 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》
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to take candy from a baby, to accomplish something with ease, to twist a baby's arm(obscure, idiom )
See also:赤子の手をひねる
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】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to take candy from a baby, to accomplish something with ease, to twist a baby's arm(idiom )
See also:赤子の腕をひねる
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】