指

指 — finger, point to, indicate

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #155 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: し shi
Kun'yomi: ゆび yubi

さ.す sa.su

-さ.し -sa.shi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 指

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