食指shízhǐTop 25000Meanings1. index finger2. (literary) mouths to feedCharacters used食to eat指fingerExamples1人rén的de手shǒu有yǒu五wǔ个gè手指shǒuzhǐ: 拇指mǔzhǐ、食指shízhǐ、中指zhōngzhǐ、无名指wúmíngzhǐ和hé小指xiǎozhǐ。The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky.