指

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 3.4 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

指 (radical 64 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 5106₁)

1. finger, toe
2. point, indicate

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 429, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12034
• Dae Jaweon: page 778, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1873, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6307

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

指 (Yale ji2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

指 (counter 本, hiragana ゆび, romaji yubi)

1. a finger
   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2 page 38)

   指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

[edit] Noun

指 (hiragana および, romaji oyobi)

1. a finger
   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2 page 38)

   指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

[edit] Kanji

指 (grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: ゆび (yubi), さす (sasu)

[edit] Compounds

• 親指 (おやゆび, oyayubi): thumb
• 人差し指 (ひとさしゆび, hitosashiyubi): forefinger, index finger
• 中指 (なかゆび, nakayubi): long finger, middle finger
• 薬指 (くすりゆび, kusuriyubi): ring finger, medical finger, the third finger (UK), the fourth finger (US)
• 小指 (こゆび, koyubi): little finger, ear-finger, pinkie
• 指関節 (ゆびかんせつ, yubikansetsu)

[edit] References

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu [931-938] (1968). Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese). Kyōto: Rinsen. ISBN 4-653-00507-9.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

指 (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

指 (pinyin zhǐ (zhi3), Wade-Giles chih³)

[edit] Compounds

• 指腹为婚 (zhǐ fù wéi hūn) arrange marriage for an unborn child
• 指令
• 指关节 (zhīguānjié)