捏

nie̅ = ni + e1

to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

捏 = 扌 + 日 + 土 : The sun (日) got some dirt (土) in her eye and Nefertiti (ni) helps her to get it out in front of the elevator (e1). Nefertiti pinches (捏) the dirt with her fingers and uses a toy claw (扌) to pull the larger pieces out.

nie̅ = ni + e1

variant of 捏[nie1]

捏 = 扌 + 日 + 土 : The sun (日) got some dirt (土) in her eye and Nefertiti (ni) helps her to get it out in front of the elevator (e1). Nefertiti pinches (捏) the dirt with her fingers and uses a toy claw (扌) to pull the larger pieces out.

捏 character breakdown

捏
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 捏 as component

捏 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 捏

to make up / to fabricate

affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered

fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

to grasp / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / to create difficulties

to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)

to act as a go-between

see 捏脊[nie1 ji3]

form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)

chiropractic (medicine)

affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered

Sentences with 捏

捏 currently does not appear in any sentence.