手甲

手甲

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	1st heavenly stem; armor; shell
simp. and trad. (手甲)		手	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒujiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gaap³
• Min Bei (KCR): siǔ-gă

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǒujiǎ [Phonetic: shóujiǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujea
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² gaap³
    • Yale: sáu gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² gab³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ käːp̚³/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǔ-gă
    • IPA ^(key): /siu²¹ ka²⁴/

Noun

手甲

1. fingernail

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 指甲 (“fingernail”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指甲
Mandarin	Beijing	指甲, 指甲蓋兒
	Taiwan	指甲
	Jinan	指甲, 指甲蓋兒
	Xi'an	指甲, 指甲蓋兒
	Wuhan	指甲殼, 指甲篷
	Chengdu	指甲兒, 指甲蓋蓋
	Yangzhou	指掐, 指掐棚子
	Hefei	指甲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手指甲, 手甲
	Hong Kong	手指甲, 手甲
	Taishan	手甲
	Yangjiang	手甲
Gan	Nanchang	指甲子, 指甲, 指甲篷子
Hakka	Meixian	手指甲
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指甲
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	手指甲
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	手指甲
	Dongshi (Dabu)	手指甲
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	手指甲
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	手甲
Jin	Taiyuan	指甲
Min Bei	Jian'ou	手甲
Min Dong	Fuzhou	掌甲, 手掌甲
Min Nan	Xiamen	掌甲
	Quanzhou	掌甲, 手爪
	Zhangzhou	掌甲
	Taipei	掌甲
	Kaohsiung	掌甲
	Tainan	掌甲
	Taichung	掌甲
	Hsinchu	掌甲
	Lukang	掌甲
	Sanxia	掌甲
	Yilan	掌甲
	Kinmen	掌甲
	Magong	掌甲
	Penang	掌甲
	Philippines (Manila)	掌甲
	Chaozhou	掌甲
Wu	Suzhou	節掐, 節掐子, 手節掐
	Wenzhou	手指甲, 指甲
Xiang	Changsha	指甲子
	Shuangfeng	指甲子

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
手	甲
て > てっ Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 甲 (kō, “shell; armor; back of the hand or foot”), with the medial -k- becoming geminate. Original reading tekō still persists as an alternate, albeit less common, pronunciation.[1]

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) てっこ​ー [tèkkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • (Tokyo) てこ​ー [tèkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [te̞k̚ko̞ː]
  • IPA^(key): [te̞ko̞ː] (second reading is less common)

Noun

手甲 (hiragana てっこう, rōmaji tekkō) (alternative reading hiragana てこう, romaji tekō)

1. (Anatomy) the back of the hand
2. a piece of armor or clothing for protecting the back of the hand, such as a glove or gauntlet

Synonyms

• (anatomy): 手 (て)の甲 (こう) (te no kō), 手 (て)の表 (ひょう)面 (めん) (te no hyōmen)
• (gauntlet): 籠 (こ)手 (て) (kote), 篭 (こ)手 (て) (kote)
• (glove): 手 (て)袋 (ぶくろ) (tebukuro)

Derived terms

• 手 (てっ)甲 (こう)鉤 (かぎ) (tekkō kagi)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 手甲 (tekkō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tikkoː/

Noun

手甲 (hiragana てぃっこー, romaji tikkō)

1. back of the hand