拇指 meaning in English

mǔzhǐ

thumb; big toe

17 strokes

Meaning of 拇指

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

mǔzhǐ
  1. thumb
  2. big toe

拇指 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

人rén的de手shǒu有yǒu五wǔ个gè手shǒu指zhǐ: 拇mǔ指zhǐ、食shí指zhǐ、中zhōng指zhǐ、无wú名míng指zhǐ和hé小xiǎo指zhǐ。
The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

拇 mǔ · thumb · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

指 zhǐ · finger · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 拇指.

手指shǒuzhǐfinger
指导zhǐdǎoto guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
指出zhǐchūto indicate; to point out
指挥zhǐhuīto conduct; to command
指示zhǐshìto point out; to indicate
指责zhǐzéto criticize; to find fault with
指甲zhǐjiafingernail
指标zhǐbiāo(production) target; quota; index; indicator
指着zhǐzhe
指定zhǐdìngto appoint; to assign
指数zhǐshù(numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent
指头zhǐtoufinger; toe

Questions about 拇指

What does 拇指 mean?

拇指 (mǔzhǐ) means "thumb; big toe".

How do you write 拇指?

拇指 is made of 2 characters: 拇 (8 strokes), 指 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.