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指 (zhǐ): meaning and stroke order

指 (zhǐ) means finger, to point at or to, to indicate or refer to, to depend on, to count on.

指

Simplified
指
Traditional
指 (same form)
Pinyin
zhǐ

Stroke order of 指

指

  • zhǐ finger; to point at or to
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 指

  1. zhǐ
    • finger
    • to point at or to
    • to indicate or refer to
    • to depend on
    • to count on
    • (of hair) to stand on end

Radical and structure

指
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 9 strokes · 扌 on the left, 旨 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 指

指 in our stories

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  • 袁守诚掐指一算：“明天辰时布云，巳时打雷，午时下雨，未时雨停，共三尺三寸零四十八点。”

    Yuán Shǒuchéng qiā zhǐ yí suàn míngtiān chénshí bù yún sìshí dǎléi wǔshí xiàyǔ wèishí yǔ tíng gòng sān chǐ sān cùn líng sìshíbā diǎn

    Yuan Shoucheng counted on his fingers: "Tomorrow clouds gather at the hour of the Dragon, thunder at the Snake, rain at the Horse, stopping at the Goat: three feet, three inches and forty-eight drops in all."

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 他再请朋友来，让他坐在同一个位置，朋友又看见了杯里的“蛇”。乐广指着墙上的弓说明了真相，朋友的病当场就好了。

    tā zài qǐng péngyou lái ràng tā zuò zài tóng yí gè wèizhi péngyou yòu kànjiàn le bēi lǐ de shé Yuè Guǎng zhǐ zhe qiáng shàng de gōng shuōmíng le zhēnxiàng péngyou de bìng dāngchǎng jiù hǎo le

    He invited his friend back and seated him in the same place; the friend saw the "snake" in his cup again. Yue Guang pointed to the bow on the wall and explained, and the friend's illness vanished on the spot.

    From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 官员指着那把镰刀问：“这是谁的？”一个男人脸色刷地白了，正是那个借钱被拒的邻居。

    guānyuán zhǐ zhe nà bǎ liándāo wèn zhè shì shéi de yí gè nánrén liǎnsè shuā de bái le zhèngshì nà gè jiè qián bèi jù de línjū

    Pointing at that sickle, the official asked: "Whose is this?" A man's face went white in an instant: it was the neighbour who had been refused a loan.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 指

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).