捻
niǎn

to twist or nip with the fingers

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 念 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

念
念 Sound component
niàn think of, ready

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnɯːb

說文解字

指捻也。从手念聲。

Sources

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