趾

zhǐ
#3,158 most
frequent character
toe

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

趾 joins 𧾷 leg and foot with 止 zhǐ, which supplies both meaning and sound. Its first sense was a foot. Later it came to mean a toe.

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Homophones

HSK 4
指zhǐ
finger, to point at or to
纸zhǐ
paper
止zhǐ
stop, only, just, till, to
旨zhǐ
imperial decree, purport, aim

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