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Word and Radical Components of 指甲

The Chinese word 指甲 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
指甲 zhǐjia, zhǐjiǎ, zhījia 1. n. fingernail
      指甲jia - to paint nails
2. n. toenail

指甲 ⇨ 指 + 甲
Component Pinyin Meanings
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
jiǎ 1. shell; carapace
2. plate armor
3. nail (plate at the end of fingers and toes)
4. the first of the ten heavenly stems
5. number one; first; A
6. (pronoun for an unspecified or unknown person or thing)
jiǎ 7. (Taiwan) unit of land (area) measure, equivalent to 2,934 1857 roughly 2.1 acres
8. how is it that; how could
9. (Taiwan) since; as
10. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 佮 (kah, kap, t=and; with)
11. (Min Nan) Alternative form of 共 (kā)
jiǎ 12. (Taiwanese Mandarin) gay; homosexual

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

甲 ⇨ 囗 + 十
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. enclosure
2. Variant of 圍
3. Variant of 國
4. Simplified form of 口
shí 1. ten
2. (figurative) topmost; utmost
     十分 - very
     十全十美 - perfect

旨 ⇨ 匕 + 日
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China
2. (literary) dagger
3. (zh-hg) 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
     (syn, zh, )
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. (zh-div, 母) (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