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JLPT N3 SL3 9 strokes Frequency: #155

Meanings

Finger, Point To, Indicate, Put Into, Play (chess), Measure (ruler)

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌旨

Etymology

Ideographic: To point 旨 by hand 扌; 旨 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook right-to-left

3 rising bottom-left-to-top-right

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 curve right-to-left

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ゆび yubi

さ sa

Words Using This Kanji

444 words total

Other (20 words)

finger

command

(conductor's) baton

indication

directions

criticism

guidance

naming

(finger) ring

independent guideline

finger

finger

hookworm

duodenum

little finger

to have an itch to

index finger

thumb

taking command of a corps in a battle

卸売物価指数おろしうりぶっかしすう

wholesale price index

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