拈 — Chinese character
拈
niān
to pick up with the fingers; to draw lots
- Pinyin
- niān
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 占
- Formation
- ideographic — To divine 占 by hand 扌; 占 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 拈 as a kanji
Common words with 拈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拈花惹草 | niān huā rě cǎo | lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom); fig. to womanize |
| 拈香 | niān xiāng | burn incense |
| 惹草拈花 | rě cǎo niān huā | see 拈花惹草 (niān huā rě cǎo) |
| 手到拈来 (手到拈來) | shǒu dào niān lái | lit. to stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); fig. easy to do |
| 拈指 | niān zhǐ | a snap of the fingers; a short moment |
| 拈酸 | niān suān | (old) to be jealous |
English words written with 拈
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.