- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
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了如指掌
了如指掌
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
2 meanings#16370
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
- 。
He knows this matter like the back of his hand.
- 貳形adjective
to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
- 。
He knows the situation here like the back of his hand.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman using words that comply with others' wishes is what 如 (like, as if) means.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
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了如指掌
Traditional了
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
2 meanings#16370
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
- 。
He knows this matter like the back of his hand.
- 貳形adjective
to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
- 。
He knows the situation here like the back of his hand.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 女(woman; female)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
A woman using words that comply with others' wishes is what 如 (like, as if) means.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
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