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Kanji Detail for 捏 - "knead, fabricate"

  • Meaning

    捏 means "knead, fabricate."

    1. Knead - To work clay with the hands.

    2. Fabricate - To force a connection; to contrive.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    knead; mix

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pick with fingers; knead; mold

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    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)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to knead, to mold, to pinch

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Pinching with fingers. Such as molding clay being 捏. Originally written as 捻. | Fabricating is also 捏. Such as 捏造, 捏稱.
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