指

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See also: 🈯 [U+1F22F SQUARED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6307]
指 U+6307, 指
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6307
← 挆
[U+6306] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 挈 →
[U+6308]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

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 (first edition): volume 3, page 1873, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6307

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 指

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 指
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
指-bronze.svg 指-seal.svg 指-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
稽 *kiː, *kʰiːʔ
詣 *ŋɡiːs
栺 *ŋɡiːs, *kji
榰 *klje
脂 *kji
鴲 *kji, *kjis
指 *kjiʔ
旨 *kjiʔ
恉 *kjiʔ
嗜 *ɡjis
蓍 *qʰlji
鰭 *ɡri
耆 *ɡri
鮨 *ɡri
鬐 *ɡri

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kjiʔ): semantic 手 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • kí, chái/cháiⁿ/chúiⁿ/chán - vernacular;
  • chí - literary.
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi2 / zoin2 / gi2 / zeng1 / goi1 / gi6
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí / tsóiⁿ / kí / tsṳng / koi / kĭ
    • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si⁵²/, /t͡sõĩ⁵²/, /ki⁵²/, /t͡sɯŋ³³/, /koi³³/, /ki³⁵/
Note:
  • zoin2 - literary (“finger”);
  • gi2 - literary (“to point”);
  • zeng1 - colloquial, in some words;
  • goi1 - colloquial, in some words;
  • gi6 - colloquial, in some words.
  • Wu
    • 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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zi2
    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;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    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

    1. finger
      手指  ―  shǒuzhǐ  ―  finger
    2. to point; to point out; to aim
      指出  ―  zhǐchū  ―  to point out
      指人  ―  zhǐ rén  ―  to point at a person
    3. to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
    4. to refer to; to mean
      春天指的是冬天後面的那個季節。 [MSC, trad.]
      春天指的是冬天后面的那个季节。 [MSC, simp.]
      Chūntiān zhǐ de shì dōngtiān hòumiàn de nàge jìjié. [Pinyin]
      Spring refers to the season after winter.
    5. to rely on; to depend on
    6. to criticize; to rebuke
    7. to make one’s hair stand on end
    8. Classifier for fingerwidths.

    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 指

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    指

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    指(ゆび) • (yubi)  (counter 本)

    1. a finger

    (alternative reading hiragana および, rōmaji oyobi)

    1. a finger

    Derived terms[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese 指 (MC t͡ɕˠiɪX). Recorded as Middle Korean 지〮 (Yale: ci) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    指 (eumhun 손가락 지 (son-garak ji))

    1. Hanja form? of 지 (“finger”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

    Okinawan[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    指

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    指 (hiragana いーび, rōmaji ībi)

    1. finger

    Derived terms[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, 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”)

    Southern Amami-Oshima[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

    Noun[edit]

    指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

    1. finger

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    指: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, xỉ, chỏ

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