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拇
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thumb

HSK 10
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Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 母 represents the sound.
Components
扌 hand (side)+ 母 mother =
拇 thumb
扌 Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
母 Phonetic component
mǔ mother
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Notes
Similar Characters
奉 proffer扎 prick扑 strike (simp)扒 pick pockets打 strike扔 throw away払 caress (jp)托 hold up (simp)扛 carry over the shoulder扢 caper扣 button扦 poke扪 stoke (simp)扫 clear (simp)扬 scatter (simp)扭 twist扮 play the part of扯 yank扰 annoy (simp)扳 tug
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
拇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
拇 [mǔ]
thumb; big toe
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (14)
拇指 [mǔ​zhǐ] #7,122
thumb
大拇指 [Dà​mu​zhǐ] #10,576
Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)
小拇指 [xiǎo​mǔ​zhǐ] #34,559
little finger
二拇指 [èr​mu​zhǐ] #70,458
index finger
大拇哥 [dà​mǔ​gē]
thumb
拇外翻 [mǔ​wài​fān]
bunion
拇战 [mǔ​zhàn]
finger-guessing game
拇战 [mǔ​zhàn]
finger-guessing game
拇指甲 [mǔ​zhǐ​jia]
thumbnail
拇趾 [mǔ​zhǐ]
big toe
4 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
拇指 [ぼし] #64,825
thumb
拇印 [ぼいん] #68,746
thumb print
外反母趾 [がいはんぼし] #204,100
hallux valgus
拇趾 [ぼし] #242,594
big toe
拇指対向性 [ぼしたいこうせい]
ability to oppose the thumb