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
指标
zhǐbiāo
indicator; target
Characters in this word
标 biāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 指标很重要。 Zhǐbiāo hěn zhòngyào. The indicator is very important.
- 完成这个指标。 Wánchéng zhè ge zhǐbiāo. Meet this target.
- 指标太高了。 Zhǐbiāo tài gāo le. The target is too high.