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Character « 拇 »

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Character
拇
(8 stroke)
Radical
扌 (手)
(+5 stroke)
Pinyin
mǔ

Input methods

Wubi 86RXGU
Wubi 98RXY
CangjieQWYI
Bishun12155414
Sijiao57050
UnicodeU+62C7

拇 (拇) mǔ

General meaning
Definitions
Words
Vocabulary

◎ 手、脚的大指：～指。
◎ 划拳（亦称“猜拳”），酒令的一种：～战。

Noun

(形声。从手,母声。本义:手大指) 同本义 [thumb]

拇,拇指也。——《说文》。按,中指为将指,大指为拇指,手足大指皆曰拇。

至于手拇毛脉。——《国语·楚语》。注:“大指也。”
又如:拇印(以手的拇指代印);拇阵(拇战。猜拳)

拇战 ( 拇戰 ) mǔ zhàn
[finger-guessing game—a drinking game at feasts] 酒令的一种,也叫“划拳”、“豁拳”。因划拳时常用拇指,故称
拇指 mǔ zhǐ
[thumb] 手脚的大指

小拇指 xiǎo mǔ zhǐ
[little finger] 〈口〉∶小指
伸大拇哥 shēn dà mǔ gē
1. [turn up the thumb] 竖起大拇指称赞
  
  提起总工程师的技术设计来,全厂职工没有谁不伸大拇哥的
2. 也作“伸大拇指头”

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