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拇

mǔ

Character

What 拇 means

1. thumb
2. big toe

Example sentences

• 人的手有五个手指: 拇指、食指、中指、无名指和小指。
  Rén de shǒu yǒu wǔ gè shǒuzhǐ: mǔzhǐ, shízhǐ, zhōngzhǐ, wúmíngzhǐ hé xiǎozhǐ.
  The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky.

Words starting with 拇

• 拇指mǔ zhǐthumb; big toe
• 拇战mǔ zhànfinger-guessing game
• 拇趾mǔ zhǐbig toe
• 拇囊炎mǔ náng yánbunion; hallux valgus
• 拇外翻mǔ wài fānbunion; hallux valgus
• 拇指甲mǔ zhǐ jiathumbnail
• 拇趾外翻mǔ zhǐ wài fānbunion; hallux valgus

Words containing 拇

• 大拇指dà mu zhǐthumb
• 大拇哥dà mǔ gēthumb; big toe; USB flash drive
• 小拇指xiǎo mǔ zhǐlittle finger; pinkie
• 翘拇指qiào mǔ zhǐto give a thumbs-up
• 竖起大拇指shù qǐ dà mu zhǐto give a thumbs-up; to express one's approval
• 二拇指èr mu zhǐindex finger

Characters built on 母

These share the phonetic component 母 (mǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 姆mǔ(old) female tutor; used in 保姆

Characters that look like 拇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper
• 姆mǔ(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 拗ào(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 柩jiùbier

Sounds the same

Read mǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 母mother; elderly female relative; origin
• 姆(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 亩classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
• 姥governess; old woman
• 牡(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
• 牳(bovine)
• 𬭁used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 𧿹(bound form) big toe
• 畒old variant of 亩
• 娒variant of 姆