拇

mǔ
#3,025 most
frequent character
thumb, big toe

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

拇 has 扌, a hand, as the meaning part and 母 mǔ as the sound part. It first meant thumb. Later it grew to mean big toe.

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Homophones

母mǔ
mother, female
亩mǔ
mu (a measure word for space)
姆mǔ
(old) female tutor, used in 保姆[bao3mu3]

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