Usage of the character 捻
niǎn
捻
[捻]
- to twirl (in the fingers)
Niǎnjūn
捻军
[捻軍]
- Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south