This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means point so the verb version is something you need to point your finger to do. Picture pointing your finger and pushing a lightswitch to turn on the light. You won't be able to switch on a lamp if you can't point your finger.

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:

You aren't able to turn on the light with just one finger though, you need to use two (つ). Either you have really weak fingers, or that's a really strong lightswitch. Either way, you need two fingers to switch on the light.