Memory phrase for the Kanji: 指
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指 |
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Meaning
| finger, to point at or to, to indicate
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Pronunciation |
zhǐ |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right top: sitting person 匕, below: sun 日 |
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The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.
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Radicals
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扌
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hand | |
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旨
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order, purpose | |
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匕
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spoon, ladle | In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 指出 |
zhǐ chū |
to indicate; to point out |
| 指令 |
zhǐ lìng |
order; command; instruction |
| 食指 |
shí zhǐ |
forefinger; mouths to feed |
| 指责 |
zhǐ zé |
to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce |
| 十二指肠 |
shí èr zhǐ cháng |
duodenum |
| 道琼斯指数 |
Dào Qióng sī zhǐ shù |
Dow Jones industrial average (Wall street stock market index) |
| 瞎指挥 |
xiā zhǐ huī |
lit. to direct blindly; to issue confused orders; to give contradictory directions |
| 沪综指 |
Hù zōng zhǐ |
Shanghai composite index (stock market index) |
| 拇指 |
mǔ zhǐ |
thumb; big toe |
| 大拇指 |
dà mu zhǐ |
thumb; Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales) |
| 翘拇指 |
qiáo mǔ zhǐ |
thumbs up |
| 翘拇指 |
qiáo mǔ zhǐ |
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