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指

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Translingual

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Han character

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指 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 51061, composition ⿰扌旨)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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trad. 指
simp. # 指
alternative forms 𢫾

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 指
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     
Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
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 扌 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • zai3, gi3 - vernacular;
  • zi3 - literary.
Note:
  • kí, chái/cháiⁿ/chúiⁿ/chán - vernacular;
  • chí - literary.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: zi2 / zoin2 / zain2 / gi2 / zeng2
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí / tsóiⁿ / tsáiⁿ / kí / tsṳ́ng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si⁵²/, /t͡sõĩ⁵²/, /t͡sãĩ⁵²/, /ki⁵²/, /t͡sɯŋ⁵²/
Note:
  • zi2 - literary;
  • zoin2/zain2 - vernacular (“finger”);
  • zoin2 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
  • zain2 - Jieyang;
  • gi2 - vernacular (“to point”);
  • zeng2 - colloquial (俗).
    • (Leizhou)
      • Leizhou Pinyin: ji2 / zai2
      • Sinological IPA: /t͡si³¹/, /t͡sai³¹/
Note:
  • ji2 - literary;
  • zai2 - vernacular.
Note:
  • zhr6 - vernacular;
  • zhr3 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 指
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 章 (23)
    Final (韻) 脂 (17)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 職雉切
    Baxter tsyijX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡ɕᵚiX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ɕiɪX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/cjiX/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ɕjiX/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ɕiX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/t͡ɕiX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhǐ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zi2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 指
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		zhǐ
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsyijX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mə.kijʔ/
    English finger; point

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 指
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17325
    Phonetic
    component         		旨
    Rime
    group         		脂
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		旨
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kjiʔ/

    Definitions

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    指

    1. finger (Classifier: 個／个 mn-t)
      手指  ―  shǒuzhǐ  ―  finger
    2. to point; to point out; to aim
      指出  ―  zhǐchū  ―  to point out
      指人  ―  zhǐ rén  ―  to point at a person
    3. to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
    4. to refer to; to mean
      春天指的是冬天後面的那個季節。 [MSC, trad.]
      春天指的是冬天后面的那个季节。 [MSC, simp.]
      Chūntiān zhǐ de shì dōngtiān hòumiàn de nàge jìjié. [Pinyin]
      Spring refers to the season after winter.
    5. to rely on; to depend on
    6. to criticize; to rebuke
    7. to make one’s hair stand on end
    8. Classifier for fingerwidths.

    Synonyms

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    Dialectal synonyms of 手指 (“finger”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 指
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 手指
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 手指頭
    Taiwan 手指, 手指頭
    Chengde 手指頭
    Chifeng 手指頭, 指頭
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 手指頭
    Heihe 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Qiqihar 指頭
    Harbin 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Jiamusi 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Baicheng 手指頭
    Changchun 手指頭
    Tonghua 手指頭
    Shenyang 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Jinzhou 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Singapore 手指
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 手指頭
    Tangshan 手指, 手指頭
    Cangzhou 手指頭
    Baoding 手指頭
    Shijiazhuang 指頭兒
    Lijin 手指頭
    Jinan 手指頭, 手指
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 手指頭
    Dandong 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Yantai 手指頭
    Yantai (Muping) 手指頭兒, 指頭
    Qingdao 手指頭
    Zhucheng 手指頭, 手拇指頭兒
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 指頭
    Lingbao 指頭
    Jining 手指頭
    Wanrong 手圪頭
    Linfen 指頭
    Shangqiu 手指頭, 指頭
    Yuanyang 手指, 指頭
    Zhengzhou 手指頭
    Xinyang 手指頭
    Baihe 手指頭, 指頭
    Xi'an 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Baoji 手指頭, 指頭
    Tianshui 手指頭
    Xining 手指頭
    Dunhuang (Hedong dialect) 手指頭
    Xuzhou 手指頭, 手指
    Fuyang 手指, 手指頭
    Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 指頭
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 手指頭, 指頭
    Lanzhou 手指頭, 指頭
    Hami 指頭
    Ürümqi 手指頭
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 手指拇兒, 手指
    Nanchong 手指拇兒
    Dazhou 指拇兒
    Hanyuan 指頭子
    Xichang 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Zigong 指拇兒
    Chongqing 指拇兒
    Wuhan 指甲, 手指, 手指頭
    Yichang 手指頭, 指頭
    Xiangyang 手指頭, 指頭
    Tianmen 指頭, 指甲
    Guiyang 手指頭
    Zunyi 手指頭兒
    Bijie 手指頭
    Liping 指丫崽
    Zhaotong 手指頭
    Dali 手指頭
    Kunming 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Mengzi 手指頭, 指頭
    Guilin 指媽, 手指
    Liuzhou 手指頭, 手指, 指頭
    Jishou 手指頭兒
    Changde 手指
    Hanzhong 手指, 手指頭, 指頭
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 手指抹頭, 手指頭
    Yangzhou 麻指, 手指頭, 指頭, 手指
    Lianyungang 手指頭
    Lianshui 手指頭
    Nantong 手爪兒, 手指頭, 手指末頭兒
    Anqing 手指頭
    Wuhu 手指頭, 手指拇頭子
    Hefei 手指頭, 末爪頭, 末爪頭子, 手爪子
    Huanggang 指丫兒
    Hong'an 指甲
    Cantonese Guangzhou 手指
    Hong Kong 手指
    Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 手指
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 手指
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 手指
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 手指
    Macau 手指
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 手指
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 手指
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 手指頭
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 手指
    Foshan 手指
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 手指
    Foshan (Shunde) 手指
    Foshan (Sanshui) 手指
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 手指
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 手指
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 手指
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 手指
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 手指
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 手指
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 手指
    Taishan 手指, 手仔
    Kaiping (Chikan) 手指
    Enping (Niujiang) 手指
    Heshan (Yayao) 手指
    Dongguan 手指
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 手指
    Shenzhen (Dapeng) 手指
    Shaoguan 手指
    Yunfu 手指
    Yangjiang 手指
    Xinyi 手指
    Lianjiang 手指
    Nanning 手指
    Wuzhou 手指
    Yulin 手兒
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 手指
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 手指
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 手指
    Gan Nanchang 指頭子, 指頭, 手指頭, 指姆頭子, 手指姆頭子, 手指丫
    Lichuan 手節
    Pingxiang 手指腦
    Hakka Meixian 手指
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 手指
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 手指
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 手指
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 手指
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 手指
    Liannan 手指
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 手指
    Jiexi 手指頭
    Changting 手指頭
    Yudu 手指
    Shicheng 手指腦
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手指
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 手指
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 手指
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 手指
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 手指
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 手指頭, 手指
    Hong Kong 手指仔
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 手指
    Senai (Huiyang) 手指
    Singkawang 手指
    Huizhou Jixi 指頭, 手指頭
    Shexian 手拇頭, 手指頭
    Huangshan (Tunxi) 指指兒, 手指指兒頭
    Xiuning 手指指兒
    Yixian 手指頭兒
    Qimen 手指
    Wuyuan 手指頭
    Jin Taiyuan 手指頭, 指頭兒
    Pingyao 指頭兒
    Yangyuan 手指, 指頭
    Datong 手指頭兒, 指頭兒
    Xinzhou 指頭
    Lüliang (Lishi) 指頭兒
    Changzhi 手指頭
    Linhe 指頭子
    Jining 手指頭
    Hohhot 指頭, 指頭子
    Erenhot 手指頭, 指頭
    Pingshan 手指頭, 指頭
    Zhangjiakou 手指頭兒
    Handan 手指
    Linzhou 手指頭
    Suide 手指頭兒, 指頭兒
    Northern Min Jian'ou 手指仔
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 手仔
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 手仔
    Pucheng (Shibei) 手指仔, 手爪仔
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 掌指, 手掌指, 手指
    Fuzhou (Changle) 掌指
    Fuqing 手掌指
    Yongtai 掌指
    Gutian 掌指
    Fu'an 掌頭
    Ningde 掌頭
    Shouning 掌頭囝
    Zhouning 掌頭
    Fuding 掌頭囝
    Matsu 掌指, 手掌指
    Southern Min Xiamen 掌頭仔, 手爪
    Quanzhou 掌頭仔, 手爪
    Jinjiang 掌頭仔
    Anxi 掌頭仔
    Yongchun 掌頭囝
    Dehua 掌頭囝
    Zhangzhou 手掌頭仔, 手掌指仔, 手掌指, 掌頭仔, 掌指仔, 掌指, 手爪, 手指
    Zhangzhou (Changtai) 掌頭仔
    Zhao'an 手掌指仔
    Dongshan 手掌頭仔
    Taipei 掌頭仔
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 掌頭仔
    Kaohsiung 掌頭仔
    Yilan 掌頭仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 掌頭仔
    Taichung 掌頭仔
    Tainan 掌頭仔
    Hsinchu 掌頭仔
    Kinmen 掌頭仔
    Penghu (Magong) 掌頭仔
    Penang (Hokkien) 手指, 惹捚
    Singapore (Hokkien) 手掌頭仔, 掌頭仔, 手爪
    Manila (Hokkien) 掌頭仔
    Longyan 手指仔
    Zhangping 手指
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 手指仔
    Datian 手指頭
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 手指
    Chaozhou 手指
    Shantou 手指
    Jieyang 指
    Haifeng 手指仔
    Bangkok (Teochew) 手指
    Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 指
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 手指
    Singapore (Teochew) 手指
    Leizhou 手囝
    Wenchang 手囝
    Haikou 手囝
    Puxian Min Putian 手指, 手指頭
    Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 手指
    Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 手指
    Xianyou 手指, 掌頭指
    Xianyou (Fengting) 手指, 掌頭指
    Xianyou (Youyang) 手指, 掌頭指
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 手指, 手指頭
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 手指
    Shehua Fu'an 手仔
    Fuding 手仔
    Luoyuan 手仔
    Sanming 手仔
    Shunchang 手仔
    Hua'an 手指
    Guixi (Zhangping) 手指仔
    Cangnan 手仔
    Jingning (Hexi) 手指仔
    Lishui 手仔
    Longyou 手仔
    Chaozhou 手指
    Fengshun 手指
    Wu Shanghai 手節頭, 手指頭, 節頭官, 節頭骨
    Shanghai (Chongming) 手節頭, 節頭
    Suzhou 手節頭
    Wuxi 手節頭
    Danyang 指頭, 手指頭, 手拇指頭
    Hangzhou 手指頭兒, 手指頭
    Ningbo 指末頭, 手指末頭
    Wenzhou 手指頭兒, 指頭兒
    Jinhua 手拇執頭, 手指頭
    Jinhua (Tangxi) 手末節頭
    Xiang Changsha 手指腦, 手指拇
    Xiangtan 手指腦
    Loudi 手指腦
    Shuangfeng 手指腦
    Hengyang 手指腦
    Quanzhou 手指頭

    Compounds

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    Descendants

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    • → Thai: ชี้ (chíi, “to point”)

    References

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    指

    (Third grade kyōiku kanji)

    Readings

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    • 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 1

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    Kanji in this term
    指
    ゆび
    Grade: 3
    kun'yomi

      From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *oyonpE.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      指(ゆび) • (yubi)  (counter 本)

      1. a finger or toe; digit
      Usage notes
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      • Includes the thumb.
      • Includes digits of animals (such as on a dog's paw).
      Derived terms
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      Etymology 2

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      Kanji in this term
      指
      および
      Grade: 3
      kun'yomi

        See 指(ゆび) (yubi).

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        指(および) • (oyobi)  (counter 本)

        1. (rare) synonym of 指 (yubi)

        References

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        1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
        2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

        Korean

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        Etymology

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        From Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX). Recorded as Middle Korean 지〮 (cí) (Yale: ci) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

        Historical readings

        Hanja

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        Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

        指 (eumhun 손가락 지 (son'garak ji))

        1. hanja form? of 지 (“finger”)

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        References

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        • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

        Okinawan

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        Kanji

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        指

        (Third grade kyōiku kanji)

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        指(いーび) (ībi) 

        1. finger

        Derived terms

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        Southern Amami Ōshima

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        Kanji

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        指

        (Third grade kyōiku kanji)

        Noun

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        指(っいぃーび) ('yībi) 

        1. finger

        Vietnamese

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        Han character

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        指: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, xỉ, chỏ

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