Ideographic: To divine 占 by hand 扌; 占 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for niān:

  • - to nip
  • - to grasp with the fingers
  • - to fiddle with
  • - Taiwan pr. [nian2]to get sth. without effort
  • - to have material at one's fingertips and write freely
  • - to write freely without too much hesitation
  • - to pick at random (idiom)lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)
  • - fig. to womanize
  • - to frequent brothels
  • - to sow one's wild oatsto pick easy jobs and shirk hard ones (idiom)to be jealous (idiom)see 拈花惹草