指

See also: 🈯 [U+1F22F SQUARED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6307]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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Chinese

trad.		指
simp. #		指

Glyph origin

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

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／形声, OC *kjiʔ) : semantic 手 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

• (finger): 手指 (shǒuzhǐ)
• (to point): 點明／点明 (diǎnmíng)
• (to rely on): 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

指

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆび (yubi, 指, Jōyō); さす (sasu, 指す, Jōyō)
• Nanori: むね (mune)

Noun

指(ゆび) • (yubi)  (counter 本)

1. a finger
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 38:

     指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

(alternative reading hiragana および, rōmaji oyobi)

1. a finger
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 38:

     指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• 親(おや)指(ゆび) (oyayubi): thumb
• 人(ひと)差(さ)し指(ゆび) (hitosashiyubi): forefinger, index finger
• 中(なか)指(ゆび) (nakayubi): long finger, middle finger
• 薬(くすり)指(ゆび) (kusuriyubi): ring finger, medical finger, the third finger (UK), the fourth finger (US)
• 小(こ)指(ゆび) (koyubi): little finger, ear-finger, pinkie
• 指(ゆび)関(かん)節(せつ) (yubikansetsu): knuckle, finger joint
• 足(あし)指(ゆび) (ashiyubi), 足(あし)の指(ゆび) (ashi no yubi): toe

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

指 • (ji) (hangeul 지)

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Okinawan

Kanji

指

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: いーび (ībi, 指)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiːbi/

Noun

指(いーび) (ībi) 

1. finger

Derived terms

• 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”)

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Southern Amami-Oshima

Kanji

指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

Noun

指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

1. finger

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 指 (chỉ, xỉ, chỏ)

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