捏

nie̅ = ni + e1

to hold between the thumb and fingers / to pinch / to mold (using the fingers) / to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.) / to join together / to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

捏 = 扌 + 日 + 土 : The sun (日) got some dirt (土) in her eye and Nefertiti (ni) helps her to get it out in front of the elevator (e1). Nefertiti pinches (捏) the dirt with her fingers and uses a toy claw (扌) to pull the larger pieces out.

捏

揑

nie̅ = ni + e1

variant of 捏[nie1]

捏 character breakdown

捏
- 土
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 捏 as component

捏 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 捏

捏

nie̅

一

yi̅

把

bǎ

汗

hàn

to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)

捏

nie̅

合

hé

to act as a go between

柿

shì

子

挑

tia̅o

软

軟

ruǎn

的

捏

nie̅

lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom) / fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on / bullies pick soft targets

砌

qì

词

詞

cí

捏

nie̅

控

kòng

to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)

捏

nie̅