IDENTITY
指zhǐfinger; to point
HSK 1Top 700
CORE MEANING
finger; to point
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.fingerHSK1
- 2.to point atHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 扌hand radical (shǒu)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰扌旨
- hand
- gives the sound zhǐ
USAGE
Common words
手指shǒuzhǐfinger
指甲zhǐjiafingernail
Graded examples
请指出你的名字。Qǐng zhǐ chū nǐ de míngzi.HSK4
Please point out your name.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The hand (扌) showing the way (旨) — pointing fingers.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #700
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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