扭捏 niǔnie coy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 扭 niǔ, niu turn Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 丑 丑 Sound component chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangnuʔtnuʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 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