指
See also: 🈯 [U+1F22F SQUARED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6307]
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Translingual
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Han character
指 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 51061, composition ⿰扌旨)
References
- 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
trad. | 指 | |
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simp. # | 指 | |
alternative forms | 𢫾 |
Glyph origin
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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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).
Pronunciation
Definitions
指
- finger
- 手指 ― shǒuzhǐ ― finger
- to point; to point out; to aim
- 指出 ― zhǐchū ― to point out
- 指人 ― zhǐ rén ― to point at a person
- to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
- to refer to; to mean
- 春天指的是冬天後面的那個季節。 [MSC, trad.]
- Chūntiān zhǐ de shì dōngtiān hòumiàn de nàge jìjié. [Pinyin]
- Spring refers to the season after winter.
春天指的是冬天后面的那个季节。 [MSC, simp.]
- to rely on; to depend on
- to criticize; to rebuke
- to make one’s hair stand on end
- Classifier for fingerwidths.
Synonyms
- (finger): 手指 (shǒuzhǐ)
- (to point): 點明/点明 (diǎnmíng)
- (to rely on):
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Synonyms of 指
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Compounds
Derived terms from 指
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Descendants
- → Thai: ชี้ (chíi, “to point”)
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)
Etymology
From Old Japanese および.[1] Cognate with Okinawan いーび.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ゆび [yùbíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [jɯ̟ᵝbʲi]
Noun
指 • (yubi) (counter 本)
- a finger
- 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 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)
- 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2, page 38)
(alternative reading hiragana および, rōmaji oyobi)
- a finger
- 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 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)
- 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2, page 38)
Derived terms
- 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
- 足指 (ashiyubi), 足の指 (ashi no yubi): toe
References
- Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
- https://oncoj.orinst.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/oncoj_dictionary.sh?search=finger&part=s
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 指 (MC t͡ɕˠiɪX). Recorded as Middle Korean 지〮 (cí) (Yale: ci) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource指 (eumhun 손가락 지 (son'garak ji))
- Hanja form? of 지 (“finger”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 소지 (小指, soji)
- 약지 (藥指, yakji)
- 지도 (指導, jido)
- 지령 (指令, jiryeong)
- 지목 (指目, jimok)
- 지수 (指數, jisu)
- 지시 (指示, jisi)
- 지적 (指摘, jijeok, “indication; identification”)
- 지휘 (指揮, jihwi, “command; direction”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Okinawan
Kanji
指
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- Kun: いーび (ībi, 指)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiːbi/
Noun
指 (hiragana いーび, rōmaji ībi)
- 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”)
Southern Amami-Oshima
Kanji
指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)
Noun
指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)
- finger
Vietnamese
Han character
指: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, xỉ, chỏ
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