손가락

손가락

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[sʰo̞nk͈a̠ɾa̠k̚]
• Phonetic Hangul[손까락]

Revised Romanization? son-garak Revised Romanization (translit.)? songalag McCune–Reischauer? son'karak 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"