- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
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指手划脚
指手划脚
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
- 。
He likes to talk while gesticulating wildly.
- 貳动verb
to criticize or give orders summarily
- 。
He is always gesticulating and directing others around.
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 戈(weapon; spear)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; blade)RADICAL
Use a spear and blade to mark and divide boundaries.
指手划脚
Traditional指手劃腳
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
- 。
He likes to talk while gesticulating wildly.
- 貳动verb
to criticize or give orders summarily
- 。
He is always gesticulating and directing others around.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
- 旨(meaning; delicious)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Use your hand to point at what you want to say.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 手(hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 手 mimics the image of a hand with five fingers spread out.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 戈(weapon; spear)ASSOCIATIVE
- 刂(knife; blade)RADICAL
Use a spear and blade to mark and divide boundaries.
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