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Word and Radical Components of 手指

The Chinese word 手指 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
手指 shǒuzhǐ 1. n. (anatomy) finger
     交叉 手指 - to cross one's fingers
      切勿 手指 伸入 。 - Please do not poke your fingers through the cage.
2. n. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) flash drive; thumb drive
3. n. (Min) finger ring; ring

手指 ⇨ 手 + 指
Component Pinyin Meanings
shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
zhǐ 1. finger
     手指 - finger
2. to point; to point out; to aim
     指出 - to point out
      - to point at a person
3. to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
4. to refer to; to mean
     春天 冬天 後面 那個 季節。 - Spring refers to the season after winter.
5. to rely on; to depend on
6. to criticize; to rebuke
7. to make one’s hair stand on end

指 ⇨ 扌 + 旨
Component Pinyin Meanings
shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
zhǐ 1. delicious
2. fine
3. delicious food
4. intention; purpose; aim
5. decree; imperial decree

旨 ⇨ 匕 + 日
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China
2. (literary) dagger
3. Original form of 妣 (deceased mother)
4. Variant of 牝
1. (star) Sun
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
     日班 (rìbān) - day shift
     (ant, zh, )
3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month
     . (sān yuè sì rì) - March 4
     Synonyms:
6. some day; some other time
7. former times; previous times; the past
8. time; period; age
9. Short for 日本, gloss=Japan; Japanese; Nippo-:
     中日 詞典 (zhōngrì cídiǎn) - Chinese-Japanese dictionary
10. (obsolete) Short for 日斯巴尼亞, gloss=Spain
11. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (ltc-l, 日, id=1)
12. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
     狗日 (gǒurì) - fucking
13. Only used in (l-self-lite, zh, sc=Hant, 日)磾, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (lw, zh, 金日磾) and Ma Midi (lw, zh, 馬日磾, tr=-).
14. Variant of 時