拇 mǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 母 mother
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拇指
mǔzhǐ
thumb
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
- 外科医生仅凭拇指的轻微颤动，就判断神经恢复仍不稳定。 Wàikē yīshēng jǐn píng mǔzhǐ de qīngwēi chàndòng, jiù pànduàn shénjīng huīfù réng bù wěndìng. The surgeon judged from a slight tremor of the thumb alone that the nerve recovery was still unstable.
- 他笑着向我竖起了大拇指。 Tā xiào zhe xiàng wǒ shù qǐ le dà mǔzhǐ. He smiled and gave me a thumbs up.
- 用拇指和食指就能捏起这颗小豆子。 Yòng mǔzhǐ hé shízhǐ jiù néng niē qǐ zhè kē xiǎo dòuzi. You can pick up this little bean with your thumb and index finger.
Related words
- 手指 shǒuzhǐ finger
- 指 zhǐ to point
- 指出 zhǐchū to point out
- 指导 zhǐdǎo to guide
- 指挥 zhǐhuī to direct; to command
- 指标 zhǐbiāo indicator; target
- 指甲 zhǐjia fingernail
- 指示 zhǐshì instruction; direction
- 指责 zhǐzé to accuse
- 戒指 jièzhi ring
- 指定 zhǐdìng to designate, to appoint
- 指点 zhǐdiǎn to give advice; to point out; to guide