手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手指
shǒuzhǐ
finger
Characters in this word
指 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 旨 aim, intention, purpose, will
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我的手指疼。 Wǒ de shǒuzhǐ téng. My finger hurts.
- 手指很冷。 Shǒuzhǐ hěn lěng. My fingers are very cold.
- 他洗手指。 Tā xǐ shǒuzhǐ. He washes his fingers.