拈
niān

pick up with fingers

To divine 占 by hand 扌; 占 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
占
占 SoundMeaning component
zhàn divine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangneːm

說文解字

𢬴也。从手占聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)