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指纹 meaning in English

zhǐwén

fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers

Traditional 指紋16 strokes

Meaning of 指纹

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhǐwén
  1. fingerprint
  2. the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers

指纹 in example sentences

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

警jǐng察chá找zhǎo到dào指zhǐ纹wén了le吗ma？
Did the police find any fingerprints?
指zhǐ纹wén都dōu是shì独dú特tè的de。
Fingerprints are unique.
你nǐ的de指zhǐ纹wén怎zěn么me会huì在zài这zhè个ge玻bō璃lí杯bēi上shàng?
How come your fingerprints are on this glass?
我wǒ看kàn见jiàn汤tāng姆mǔ从cóng门mén把bà手shǒu上shàng抹mǒ掉diào他tā的de指zhǐ纹wén。
I saw Tom wiping his fingerprints off the doorknob.
汤tāng姆mǔ小xiǎo心xīn翼yì翼yì地dì把bǎ刀dāo子zi上shàng的de指zhǐ纹wén擦cā掉diào。
Tom carefully wiped his fingerprints off the knife.

Stroke order for each character

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

指 zhǐ · finger · 9 strokes

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

纹 wén · line · 7 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 指纹.

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 指纹

What does 指纹 mean?

指纹 (zhǐwén) means "fingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers".

How do you write 指纹?

指纹 is made of 2 characters: 指 (9 strokes), 纹 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

How is 指纹 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 指纹 is written 指紋.