捻る

ひねる · hineru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

to twist

🥨 捻 = 扌 hand + 念 (nen, phonetic part): a hand action, ひねる means to twist

The left radical 扌 means hand, so 捻る is something done with the hand. The right side 念 supplies the sound ネン as a phonetic clue. A twisted pretzel 🥨 shows the meaning.

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