拇
Tap the pinyin to hear it
thumb; big toe
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 拇
- Common rank
- #2,774
- Unicode
- U+62C7
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
thumb · Heisig RSH #1837
fingers + 母 mother
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 拇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大拇指 | Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales) | |
| 大拇指 | thumb | |
| 小拇指 | little finger; pinkie | |
| 二拇指 | index finger | |
| 竖起大拇指 | to give a thumbs-up; to express one's approval | |
| 大拇哥 | thumb; big toe; USB flash drive | |
| 拇指甲 | thumbnail | |
| 拇外翻 | bunion; hallux valgus | |
| 拇趾外翻 | bunion; hallux valgus | |
| 拇战 | finger-guessing game | |
| 拇囊炎 | bunion; hallux valgus | |
| 拇指 | thumb; big toe | |
| 翘拇指 | to give a thumbs-up | |
| 拇趾 | big toe |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 母 — compare how they read.