Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:

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On reading compounds

  • 捻挫 【ネンザ】 sprain, twist, wrench
  • 捻軍 【ネングン】 Nian Rebellion (of China; 1851-1868)
  • 揉捻 【ジュウネン】 rolling freshly-picked tea-leaves, crushing tea

Kun reading compounds

  • 捩る 【ねじる】 to twist, to screw, to wrench, to sprain
  • 捩る 【ねじる】 to twist, to screw, to wrench, to sprain
  • 捻くる 【ひねくる】 to twirl, to spin, to fiddle with, to change (e.g. wording)
  • 捻る 【ひねる】 to twist, to wrench, to turn (a tap, switch, etc.), to twist (a body part), to bend, to sprain, to strangle (to death), to wring (an animal's neck), to defeat easily, to beat, to make (a problem, design, etc.) intricate, to make peculiar, to make complicated, to manage to compose (a haiku, song, etc.), to wrap (a monetary gift) in paper

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian3
Korean:
nyeom, nyeob

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2094 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
604 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12222 Morohashi
2201 New Nelson (John Haig)
2251 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1716 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3c8.25 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5803.2 Four corner code
1-39-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
637b Unicode hex code

10 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
crush, break, sprain, discourage
Kun:
くじ.くくじ.ける
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1869 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 挫折 【ザセツ】 setback, failure (e.g. plans, business), frustration, discouragement
  • 挫傷 【ザショウ】 sprain, wrench, bruise, contusion, fracture
  • 頓挫 【トンザ】 setback, deadlock, standstill, impasse, miscarriage

Kun reading compounds

  • 挫く 【くじく】 to sprain, to twist, to dampen (enthusiasm), to discourage, to dishearten, to dispirit, to depress, to unnerve, to crush
  • 挫ける 【くじける】 to be disheartened, to lose heart, to be dispirited, to be crushed (emotionally), to be sprained, to be snapped, to be broken

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cuo4
Korean:
jwa

Spanish

  • aplastamiento
  • torcedura
  • desaliento
  • desánimo
  • aplastar
  • arrugar
  • torcer
  • romper
  • desalentar
  • desanimar

Portuguese

French

1913 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2091 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
392 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12087 Morohashi
2163 New Nelson (John Haig)
2845 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1101 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3c7.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-3-8 SKIP code
5801.4 Four corner code
1-26-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
632b Unicode hex code