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拇 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ボぼ · bo
Kun
おやゆびoyayubi
Meaning
thumb

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 母 as phonetic: the thumb of the hand.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拇印ぼいん

    a thumbprint

  • 拇指ぼし

    the thumb

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

証文(しょうもん)に拇印(ぼいん)を押(お)した。

They pressed a thumbprint on the deed.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

拇印拇指拇印seal指finger扎to pri…扛to lif…扞to war…扠well…扨well…姆nurse媽mother謨to pla…母mother戊fifth…
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Compound

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