手甲

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
simp. and trad. (手甲)		手	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒujiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gaap³
• Northern Min (KCR): siǔ-gă

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujiǎ [Phonetic: shóujiǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chia³
    • Yale: shǒu-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujea
    • Palladius: шоуцзя (šouczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² gaap³
    • Yale: sáu gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kaːp̚³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǔ-gă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu²¹ ka²⁴/

Noun

手甲

1. fingernail

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲 (“fingernail”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲
Mandarin	Beijing	指甲, 指甲蓋兒
	Taiwan	指甲
	Jinan	指甲, 指甲蓋兒, 手指甲
	Luoyang	指甲, 手指甲
	Xi'an	指甲, 指甲蓋兒
	Yinchuan	指甲
	Xining	指甲
	Ürümqi	指甲
	Wuhan	指甲殼, 指甲篷
	Chengdu	指甲兒, 指甲蓋蓋
	Liuzhou	手指甲
	Yangzhou	指掐, 指掐棚子
	Nanjing	指甲, 指甲殼
	Hefei	指甲
	Singapore	指甲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手指甲, 手甲
	Hong Kong	手指甲, 指甲, 手甲
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	指甲
	Macau	手甲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	手指甲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	手指甲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	指甲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	手指甲
	Foshan	手指甲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	手甲
	Foshan (Shunde)	手指甲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	手指甲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	手指甲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	指甲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	指甲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	手甲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	手指甲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	手甲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	手甲
	Taishan	手甲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	手甲
	Enping (Niujiang)	手甲
	Heshan (Yayao)	手指甲
	Dongguan	手指甲, 手甲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	手指甲
	Yangjiang	手甲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	手甲
Gan	Nanchang	指甲子, 指甲, 指甲篷子
	Lichuan	手節甲
	Pingxiang	指甲, 手指甲
Hakka	Meixian	手指甲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	指甲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	手指甲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	指甲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	手指甲
	Conghua (Lütian)	指甲
	Yudu	指甲, 手指甲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指甲, 手爪
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手指甲, 手爪
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手指甲, 手爪
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手指甲, 手爪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手指甲, 手爪
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手甲, 手爪
	Senai (Huiyang)	手指甲
Huizhou	Jixi	指甲, 手指甲
Jin	Taiyuan	指甲, 指掐
	Xinzhou	指甲
Northern Min	Jian'ou	手甲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掌甲, 手掌甲
Southern Min	Xiamen	掌甲
	Quanzhou	掌甲, 手爪
	Zhangzhou	掌甲
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	掌甲
	Zhao'an	掌甲
	Taipei	掌甲
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	掌甲
	Kaohsiung	掌甲
	Yilan	掌甲
	Changhua (Lukang)	掌甲
	Taichung	掌甲
	Tainan	掌甲
	Hsinchu	掌甲
	Kinmen	掌甲
	Penghu (Magong)	掌甲
	Penang (Hokkien)	掌甲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	掌甲
	Manila (Hokkien)	掌甲
	Longyan	手指甲
	Chaozhou	掌甲
	Jieyang	指甲
	Bangkok (Teochew)	指甲
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	掌甲
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	指甲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	指甲, 手甲, 手指甲
Wu	Shanghai	手節掐, 手指掐, 節掐子
	Suzhou	節掐, 節掐子, 手節掐
	Wenzhou	手指甲, 指甲
	Jinhua	手指甲
Xiang	Changsha	指甲子
	Shuangfeng	指甲子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	甲
て > てっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 甲 (kō, “shell; armor; back of the hand or foot”), with the medial -k- becoming geminate. Original reading tekō still persists as an alternate, albeit less common, pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てっこ​ー [tèkkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) てこ​ー [tèkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [te̞k̚ko̞ː]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ko̞ː]

(second reading is less common)

Noun

手(てっ)甲(こう) • (tekkō)  (alternative reading hiragana てこう, rōmaji tekō)

1. (Anatomy) the back of the hand
2. a piece of armor or clothing for protecting the back of the hand, such as a glove or gauntlet

Synonyms

• (anatomy): 手(て)の甲(こう) (te no kō), 手(て)の表(ひょう)面(めん) (te no hyōmen)
• (gauntlet): 籠(こ)手(て) (kote), 篭(こ)手(て) (kote)
• (glove): 手(て)袋(ぶくろ) (tebukuro)

Derived terms

• 手甲(てっこう)鉤(かぎ) (tekkō kagi)

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
手	甲
Grade: 1	Grade: S

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 手甲 (tekkō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tikkoː/

Noun

手甲(てぃっこー) (tikkō) 

1. back of the hand