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指纹

fingerprint

指纹
zhǐwén3rd tone
Pinyin
zhǐwén
Strokes
16
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 指纹

指纹 is written with 16 strokes (指: 9, 纹: 7). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

指 = finger, 纹 = pattern or lines. A fingerprint is the mark a finger leaves on wet clay.

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指纹 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.

你手上有指纹。

You have fingerprints on your hand.

Fingerprints on the Terracotta Army Suggest Women and Teenagers Helped Make It

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