Memory phrase for the Kanji: 拇


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Meaning thumb, big toe

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: hand , right: mother (= woman with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)

Mnemonic


 
At the hand it is seen as the 'mother', the: thumb.

Radicals

hand
motherShows 'woman' with a longer right stroke 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
 大拇指  dà mu zhǐ  thumb; Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
 翘拇指  qiáo mǔ zhǐ  thumbs up
 翘拇指  qiáo mǔ zhǐ  


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