拇 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「母」。「おやゆび」を表す漢語、{拇}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

thumb

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ボ

Kun (native)

• おやゆび

Other languages

• 拼音mu3
• 한글mu
• Hán-ViệtMẫu

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

手(て)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+62C7

grid_viewComponents

• 扌てへん
• 毋なかれ
• 母

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌母

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 拇印ぼいん拇指（親指）に墨や朱肉をつけて指紋を押し、押印の代わりとすること。また、そのような印。爪印。thumb print
• 拇指ぼしおやゆび。thumb, pollex
• 拇趾ぼし足の親指。big toe, great toe, hallex
• 拇指対向性ぼしたいこうせいability to oppose the thumb, opposable thumb

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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• 姆One part differs
• 栂One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-5

Four Corner

5705.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3c5.4

Nelson

1868