指

Translingual

Han character

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

1. finger, toe
2. point, indicate

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

指 (Yale ji2)

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Japanese

Noun

指 (counter 本, hiragana ゆび, romaji yubi)

1. a finger
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2 page 38)

     指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

Noun

指 (hiragana および, romaji oyobi)

1. a finger
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2 page 38)

     指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

Kanji

指 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

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)

References

• 1968 June 18 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

Compounds

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

指 (chỉ, xỉ, chỏ)