拿捏 nániē coy Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拿 ná take Originally written as a hand (手) taking an object. Later written as 拏 with the phonetic 奴 component added. Later the 奴 component was corrupted to 合. Components 奴 奴 Sound component nú slave Later corrupted to the visually similar character 合. 手 手 Meaning component shǒu, shou hand Component uses Sound (0 of 1 verified) 镎 Historical Pronunciations Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 捏 niē pick with fingers Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand hand 圼 圼 Sound component niè Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangniːɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
