碾 (niǎn): stone roller, roller and millstone

碾 (niǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “stone roller.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 石 (stone). It ranks #2942 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 石 stone15 strokesFrequency #2942

Definitions

  1. stone roller
  2. roller and millstone

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
碾碎niǎn suìto pulverize
碾压niǎn yāto crush or compact (with a roller)
碾子山区niǎn zi shān qūNianzishan, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
碾子山niǎn zi shānsee 碾子山區|碾子山区[Nian3 zi5 shan1 Qu1]
碾米机niǎn mǐ jīrice milling machine
碾子niǎn ziroller (used for milling or crushing)
碾过niǎn guòto crush sth by running over it
水碾shuǐ niǎnwater mill
碾场niǎn chángto thresh or husk grain on a threshing ground (dialect)
碾盘niǎn pánmillstone
汽碾qì niǎnsteamroller
碾磨niǎn móto mill
碾槌niǎn chuípestle
碾砣niǎn tuóroller
碾轧niǎn yàsee 碾壓|碾压[nian3 ya1]
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Total compounds
88
As first character
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As last character
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As middle character

碾 appears in 16 compound words: 88 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

碾字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。

niǎn zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .

The way the character "碾" is written is quite unique, and it really left an impression on me.

東森新聞Mar 2026

...转酿血案 长庚男大生遭辗重创网疯传“3度碾压”真相曝光

. . . zhuǎn niàng xiě àn cháng 庚 nán dà shēng zāo niǎn chóng chuàng wǎng fēng chuán 3 dù niǎn yā zhēn xiāng pù guāng

風傳媒Feb 2026

买气碾压台积电、0050!台股最强黑马ETF“...

mǎi qì niǎn yā tái jī diàn , 0 0 5 0 ! tái gǔ zuì qiáng hēi mǎ E T F . . .

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 碾 (niǎn) mean in Chinese?
碾 (niǎn) primarily means "stone roller." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2942 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 碾 have?
碾 is written with 15 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 碾?
The radical associated with 碾 is 石 (stone). This radical appears in many characters related to stone.
What are common words containing 碾?
Common words with 碾 include: 碾碎 (niǎn suì, "to pulverize"); 碾压 (niǎn yā, "to crush or compact (with a roller)"); 碾子山区 (niǎn zi shān qū, "Nianzishan, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang"); 碾子山 (niǎn zi shān, "see 碾子山區|碾子山区[Nian3 zi5 shan1 Qu1]"); 碾米机 (niǎn mǐ jī, "rice milling machine"). There are over 16 compound words containing this character.
Is 碾 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 碾 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.