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指 = 扌 + 旨

指 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “finger”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 旨 (purpose).

Keyword
finger
Pinyin (Mandarin)
zhǐ
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
finger, toe, палец, toe
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
指 finger

Decomposition

ids

  1. 扌 hand
  2. 旨 purpose

How to find 指 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “purpose”. 指 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 指 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.