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指zhǐ授shòu

  1. to instruct; to direct

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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指
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

finger, to point at or to, to indicate or refer to, to depend on, to count on, (of hair) to stand on end

Pinyin
zhǐ
Strokes
9
Frequency
1173 of 2500
Words starting with 指Words ending in 指Anywhere in a word
授
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) to confer; to give, (bound form) to teach; to instruct, (literary) to appoint

Pinyin
shòu
Strokes
11
Words starting with 授Words ending in 授Anywhere in a word