Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 指


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Meaning

finger, to point at or to, to indicate

Pronunciation

zhǐ

Explanation

Left: hand , right top: sitting person , below: sun

Mnemonic

The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.

Radicals

hand
order, purpose
spoon, ladle(In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled , bending ,, slumped or husband ))
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Vocabulary

指出 zhǐ chū to indicate; to point out
指令 zhǐ lìng order; command; instruction
食指 shí zhǐ forefinger; mouths to feed
指责 zhǐ zé to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce
十二指肠 shí èr zhǐ cháng duodenum
道琼斯指数 Dào Qióng sī zhǐ shù Dow Jones industrial average (Wall street stock market index)
瞎指挥 xiā zhǐ huī lit. to direct blindly; to issue confused orders; to give contradictory directions
沪综指 Hù zōng zhǐ Shanghai composite index (stock market index)
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

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