拧 — Chinese character
拧
níng
screw, wrench; to pinch, to twist, to wring
- Pinyin
- níng
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 宁
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 宁
- Traditional
- 擰
Common words with 拧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拧开 (擰開) | nǐng kāi | to unscrew; to twist off (a lid) |
| 拧巴 (擰巴) | nǐng ba | (dialect) awkward; uncomfortable; (dialect) obstinate; contrary; argumentative |
| 满拧 (滿擰) | mǎn nǐng | totally inconsistent; completely at odds |
English words written with 拧
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.