指
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
指 (radical 64 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 51061, composition ⿰扌旨)
References[edit]
- 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
Chinese[edit]
| simp. and trad. |
指 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kjiʔ): semantic 手 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
- Wade-Giles: chih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zi2
- Yale: jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi2
- IPA (key): /t͡siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́
- Hakka Romanization System: zii`
- Hagfa Pinyim: zi3
- IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 職雉切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡ɕˠiɪX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡ɕᵚiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡ɕiɪX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/cjiX/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡ɕjiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡ɕiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡ɕiX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhǐ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhǐ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tsyijX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mə.kijʔ/ |
| English | finger; point |
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17325 |
| Phonetic component |
旨 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
旨 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kjiʔ/ |
Definitions[edit]
指
- finger
- 手指 ― shǒuzhǐ ― finger
- to point; to aim
- to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
- to refer to; to mean
- to rely on; to depend on
- Classifier for fingerwidths.
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 指
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
指
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- 親指 (oyayubi): thumb
- 人差し指 (hitosashiyubi): forefinger, index finger
- 中指 (nakayubi): long finger, middle finger
- 薬指 (kusuriyubi): ring finger, medical finger, the third finger (UK), the fourth finger (US)
- 小指 (koyubi): little finger, ear-finger, pinkie
- 指関節 (yubikansetsu): knuckle, finger joint
Noun[edit]
指 (counter 本, hiragana ゆび, romaji yubi)
- a finger
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
- 指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
Noun[edit]
指 (hiragana および, romaji oyobi)
- a finger
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
- 指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
References[edit]
- Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 978-4-653-00507-0, published 1968.
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
指 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
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Okinawan[edit]
Kanji[edit]
指
Readings[edit]
- Native: いーび (ībi)
Compounds[edit]
- 指ぬ先 (いーびぬさち, ībinusachi): fingertip
- 大指 (うふいーび, ufuībi): thumb, big toe
- 中指 (なかいーび, nakaībi): middle finger
- 薬指 (くすいいーび, kusuiībi): ring finger
- 差し指 (さしいーび, sashiībi): index finger
- 差ち指 (さちいーび, sachiībi): index finger
- 人差し指 (っちゅさしいーび, tchusachiībi): index finger
- 均し指, 平し指 (ならしいーび, narashiībi): ring finger
- 指小, 指子, 指んぐゎー (いーびんぐゎー, ībingwā): little finger, pinkie
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Southern Amami-Oshima[edit]
Kanji[edit]
指
Readings[edit]
- Native: っいぃーび ('yībi)
Noun[edit]
指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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