Stop biting your nails.
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指甲
zhǐ jia
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zhǐ jia · zi2 gaap3 (Jyutping)
- fingernail
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Character breakdown
指
- Meaning
- finger, toe; point, indicate
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰扌旨
- Cangjie
- QPA
- Four-corner
- 5106.1
甲
- Meaning
- armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
- Radical
- 田
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ⿻冂？
- Cangjie
- WL
- Four-corner
- 6050.0
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Example sentences
Biting your fingernails is a bad habit.
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