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趾
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toe

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
zhǐ
シ
あと、はや.い
지
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 止 represents the sound.
Components
足 lower leg+ 止 stop =
趾 toe
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
止 Phonetic component
zhǐ stop
stop, halt, desist
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Notes
Similar Characters
趴 prostrate oneself趵 noise of tramping feet趸 sell or buy wholesale (simp)趺 sit趼 callous skin on趿 slipshod跂 crawling跃 skip (simp)跄 walk rapidly (simp)跆 trample跋 go by foot跌 slump跎 stumble跏 sit cross-legged跐 to trample跑 run跖 foot (simp)跗 the instep跚 stagger跛 lame (iii)
Historical Evolution
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
趾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
趾 [zhǐ]
toe
Japanese
足指 、 趾 あしゆび 同音
noun toe (趾 mainly in anat. and med.)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (40)
脚趾 [jiǎo​zhǐ] #5,535
toe
脚趾 [jiǎo​zhǐ] #5,535
toe
脚趾头 [jiǎo​zhǐ​tou] #12,181
toe
脚趾头 [jiǎo​zhǐ​tou] #12,181
toe
趾高气扬 [zhǐ​gāo​qì​yáng] #22,466
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
趾高气扬 [zhǐ​gāo​qì​yáng] #22,466
high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
趾甲 [zhǐ​jiǎ] #20,344
toenail
交趾 [Jiāo​zhǐ] #43,845
former southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam
三趾啄木鸟 [sān​zhǐ​zhuó​mù​niǎo]
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
三趾啄木鸟 [sān​zhǐ​zhuó​mù​niǎo]
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
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JAPANESE WORDS (20)
足指 [あしゆび] #48,911
toe
城跡 [しろあと] #56,570
castle site
多指 [たし] #139,630
polydactyly
外反母趾 [がいはんぼし] #204,100
hallux valgus
趾骨 [しこつ] #226,201
phalanx (of the foot)
拇趾 [ぼし] #242,594
big toe
足趾 [そくし] #268,086
footprints
第三趾 [だいさんし] #276,660
middle toe
古窯址 [こようし] #283,124
ruins of old kilns
第四趾 [だいよんし] #291,365
fourth toe
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