1. 指
  2. 揮

指

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Meta:

  1. 指 is the 261st most frequent character.
  2. 指 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 指 appears as a character in 87 words.
  4. 指 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
指 => 扌, 旨
Radical :
指 => 扌 (hand), 匕 (spoon), 日 (sun/day)
Graphical :
指 => 亅, 二, 乚, ㇒, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi3 - finger/to point at or to/to indicate or refer to/to depend on/to count on/(of hair) to stand on end

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 旨 is pronounced as 'zhi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 匕 is pronounced as 'bi3'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 指 (zhi3): The component 日 is pronounced as 'ri4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

手指 
指 
指数 (指數)
指甲 

Medium Frequency

中指 
大拇指 
戒指 
手指头 (手指頭)
拇指 
指令 
指出 
指南 
指向 
指定 
指导 (指導)
指尖 
指引 
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
指挥 (指揮)
指教 
指望 
指标 (指標)
指甲油 
指示 
指纹 (指紋)
指责 (指責)
指路 
指针 (指針)
指头 (指頭)
指点 (指點)
无名指 (無名指)
股指 
食指 

揮

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Meta:

  1. 揮 is the 741st most frequent character.
  2. 揮 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 揮 appears as a character in 27 words.
  4. 揮 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
揮 => 扌, 軍
Radical :
揮 => 扌 (hand), 冖 (cover), 車 (car)
Graphical :
揮 => 亅, 二, 冖, 二, 丨, 口, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. hui1 - to wave/to brandish/to wipe away/to command/to conduct/to scatter/to disperse

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

指挥 (指揮)
挥霍 (揮霍)
发挥 (發揮)

Medium Frequency

挥 (揮)
挥之不去 (揮之不去)
挥手 (揮手)
挥泪 (揮淚)
挥洒 (揮灑)
挥发 (揮發)
挥舞 (揮舞)
挥霍无度 (揮霍無度)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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