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指 = 旨 + 扌
指 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “finger”. It is built from 旨 (delicious) and 扌 (finger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 711.
- Keyword
- finger
- RTK frame
- 711
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ゆび, さ.す, -さ.し
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- палец
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 指 finger
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 指 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “delicious” + “finger”. 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.