指
finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #324 U+6307
How 指 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To point 旨 by hand 扌; 旨 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
finger · Heisig RSH #594
fingers + 旨 purpose
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 指
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手指头 | shǒu zhǐ tou | fingertip; finger |
| 指点江山 | zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān | to talk idly about important matters (idiom); to set the world to rights; to pass judgment… |
| 指数基金 | zhǐ shù jī jīn | index fund |
| 日经指数 | Rì jīng zhǐ shù | Nikkei 225 stock market index |
| 无名指 | wú míng zhǐ | ring finger |
| 五指山市 | Wǔ zhǐ shān shì | Wuzhishan City, Hainan |
| 食指大动 | shí zhǐ dà dòng | (idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food |
| 指南车 | zhǐ nán chē | a mechanical compass invented by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 |
| 大指 | dà zhǐ | thumb; big toe |
| 指头 | zhǐ tou | finger; toe; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 中指 | zhōng zhǐ | middle finger |
| 自指 | zì zhǐ | self-reference |
| 小指 | xiǎo zhǐ | little finger |
| 指事字 | zhǐ shì zì | ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character i… |
| 比中指 | bǐ zhōng zhǐ | to give the middle finger |
| 手指 | shǒu zhǐ | finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 兰花指 | lán huā zhǐ | hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) |
| 指法 | zhǐ fǎ | (music) fingering; (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles; (keyboard) typing technique;… |
| 身体质量指数 | shēn tǐ zhì liàng zhǐ shù | body mass index (BMI) |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate; to point out |