Memory phrase for the Kanji: 拇
拇
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Meaning
thumb, big toe
Pronunciation
mǔ
Explanation
Left: hand 扌 , right: mother 母 (= woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)
Mnemonic
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At the hand it is seen as the 'mother', the: thumb.
Radicals
扌
hand
母
mother Shows 'woman' 女 with a longer right stroke ノ and with two dots : that are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) woman.
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Vocabulary
拇指
mǔ zhǐ
thumb; big toe
7735
大拇指
dà mu zhǐ
thumb; Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
7736
翘拇指
qiáo mǔ zhǐ
thumbs up
7737
翘拇指
qiáo mǔ zhǐ
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