finger in Mandarin

You might remember the meaning of the character 指 with this easy mnemonic:

Legend has it that if you point to the sun (日) with an open umbrella (扌) and eat ice cream with a spoon (匕), you will be able to talk to the dead. At least pointing with an umbrella is slightly more polite than pointing with just your finger… maybe not.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

You might remember the reading of the character 指 with this useful mnemonic:

This (zhǐ) may seem like a superstition, but I swear this method works!

Using mnemonics to remember how to understand Chinese characters like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 扌
• 匕
• 日

• 指引
• 指出
• 指责
• 指令
• 指甲
• 指示
• 指导
• 指挥官
• 指挥
• 手指
• 指望
• 指控
• 戒指
• 指纹

Learning character like finger and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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