指 (zhǐ)
finger; to point at; to indicate; to refer to
How 指 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 指
- Simplified
- 指 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- 匕 spoon
- 日 sun/day
Common words using 指
- 手指 shǒuzhǐ
- finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 指數 zhǐshù
- (numerical, statistical) index
- 指甲 zhǐjia
- fingernail
- 中指 zhōngzhǐ
- middle finger
- 大拇指 dàmuzhǐ
- Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
- 戒指 jièzhi
- (finger) ring
- 手指頭 shǒuzhǐtou
- fingertip; finger
- 拇指 mǔzhǐ
- thumb; big toe
- 指令 zhǐlìng
- order; command; instruction
- 指出 zhǐchū
- to indicate; to point out
- 指南 zhǐnán
- to guide; guidebook
- 指向 zhǐxiàng
- to point towards; aimed at; facing
指 in a sentence
不要用手指指著別人，這樣很不禮貌。
Bùyào yòng shǒuzhǐ zhǐzhe biérén, zhèyàng hěn bù lǐmào.
“Don't point your finger at others; it's very impolite.”
How common is 指?
指 is the 261st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 61.5% of all running text.
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