薬指

薬指

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
薬	指
くすり Grade: 3	ゆび Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
藥指 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 薬 (kusuri, “medicine”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”).[1][2][3]

First cited to 1717.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くすり​ゆび [kùsúríꜜyùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝsɨᵝɾʲijɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

Noun

薬(くすり)指(ゆび) • (kusuriyubi) 

1. a ring finger

Synonyms

• 紅(べに)差(さ)し指(ゆび) (benisashiyubi)
• 名(な)無(な)し指(ゆび) (nanashiyubi), 無名(ななし)指(ゆび) (nanashiyubi)
• 無(む)名(めい)指(し) (mumeishi)
• 環(かん)指(し) (kanshi)

See also

• 親指(おやゆび) (oyayubi)
• 人差(ひとさ)し指(ゆび) (hitosashiyubi)
• 中指(なかゆび) (nakayubi)
• 小指(こゆび) (koyubi)

References

1. “薬指”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
5. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN