손가락

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. 손 (son, “hand”) + 가락 (garak, “strand”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞nk͈a̠ɾa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [손까락]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	son'garak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	songalag
McCune–Reischauer?	sonkarak
Yale Romanization?	sonqkalak

Noun

손가락 • (son'garak)

1. (anatomy) finger

Antonyms

• 발가락 (balgarak): toe

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 가운뎃손가락 (gaundetson'garak): middle finger
• 새끼손가락 (saekkison'garak): little finger, literally, "youngling finger"
• 손가락마디 (son'garangmadi): knuckle
• 손가락질 (son'garakjil): indicating, blaming

• 약손가락 (yakson'garak): ring finger, literally, "medicine finger"
• 엄지손가락 (eomjison'garak): thumb
• 집게손가락 (jipgeson'garak): index finger, literally, "tongs finger"