Character: 捻
Modern (Beijing) reading: niǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: nhēmʔ
Classic Old Chinese: nhḗm
Western Han Chinese: nhjā́m
Eastern Han Chinese: nhiā́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: nhiḗm
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nhiḗm
Late Postclassic Chinese: nhiḗm
Middle Chinese: níem
English meaning : to pinch, take by fingers [Han]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) растирать пальцами, катать; мять; крутить; 2) жгутик; фитиль; 3) факельщики (повстанцы на севере Китая, 1865 - 1868 гг.); [niē] мять; ковырять, вм. 捏
Comments: Also read *nhēp, MC niep, Mand. niē id. ( = 鑷 q.v.); for *nh cf. Xiamen liap7, Chaozhou niǝp7, Fuzhou niek7, Jianou nie7, Meixian ńiap7. Viet. nhúm 'pinch (of salt, etc.)' is a colloquial loan; standard Sino-Vietnamese readings of the character are niệp and nẫm.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 8427
Vietnamese reading: nhúm
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