捩る

ねじる · nejiru · JLPT N2 · noun

turn

扌 hand + 戾 turn back: twist by hand, turning something back on itself

The kanji 捩 combines the hand radical 扌 with 戾, meaning to turn back. Twisting is turning something back on itself using your hands. Pronounced ne-ji-ru.

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