Chinese Character 指 Meanings and components.

Form

指

Meaning

指 meaning[3] in English

Finger.

To Point At Or To.

To Indicate Or Refer To.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 指 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and imperial decree (旨)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QPA

How to write 指

To write指zhi3finger you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 旨zhi3imperial decree arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 旨 = 指

指 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 指 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 指, looks as follow:

指
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Finger . To Point At Or To . To Indicate Or Refer To . To Depend On . To Count On . (Of Hair) To Stand On End
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
旨
Pinyin:zhi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Imperial Decree . Purport . Aim . Purpose
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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