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HSK 3 · Body & Health

手指

shǒu zhǐ

finger

Stroke order of 手指

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

手 · 4 strokes指 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

手 is a hand with fingers spread, and 指 is a hand 扌 pointing with a spoon-like 旨.

Parts: 手: hand; 指: 扌 hand + 旨 purpose/phonetic

The characters in 手指

  • 手 shǒu — hand (4 strokes)
  • 指 zhǐ — to point at; finger (9 strokes)

Example sentence

我的手指很痛。

My finger hurts a lot.

Words with 手

洗手间restroom; toilet手hand手机mobile phone举手to raise one's hand手表wristwatch手续procedures; formalities选手contestant; athlete对手opponent歌手singer握手to shake hands

Words with 指

指出to point out指导to guide; guidance指to point at; finger

More words: Body & Health

血blood心heart; mind伤injury; to hurt受伤to get injured痛pain; painful感冒to catch a cold; cold困sleepy; to trap胖fat死to die; dead去世to pass away生命life活to live; alive救to save; to rescue毛病fault; problem; illness

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