Finger in Chinese (Mandarin): 手指 (shǒuzhǐ)
手指
shǒuzhǐ
finger
- Simplified
- 手指
- Traditional
- 手指
- Pinyin
- shǒuzhǐ
- Typed as
- shouzhi
Use it in a sentence
我用手指数数。
我用手指數數。
I count with my fingers.
The characters in 手指
手
Hand.
4 strokes
指
Finger; also to point. 扌 (hand) is on the left.
9 strokes
手指 is a "hand finger", and toes are 脚趾 (jiǎozhǐ). 指 alone means to point.
More examples with 手指
我有十根手指。
Wǒ yǒu shí gēn shǒuzhǐ.
I have ten fingers.
我用手指指月亮。
Wǒ yòng shǒuzhǐ zhǐ yuèliang.
I point at the moon with my finger.
How to write 手指 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
手 4 strokes
指 9 strokes
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