Characters

• 指 (指): finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
• 南 (南): surname Nan
• 针 (針): needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

Resources

• Wiktionary: 指南针
• MDBG: 指南针
• Examples with 指南针 on Tatoeba

Examples

指南针指向北边。

指南针的指针指向北边。

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