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指

指

Translingual

Han character

指 (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: volume 3, page 1873, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6307

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 指

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 指
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
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, OC *kjiʔ) : semantic 手 + phonetic 旨 ‎(OC *kjiʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 指
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 職雉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cjiX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhǐ
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

指

  1. finger
    手指  ―  shǒuzhǐ  ―  finger
  2. to point; to aim
  3. to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
  4. to refer to; to mean
    指人不舒服。  ―  Zhǐ rén bù shūfú.  ―  Refers to being uncomfortable.
  5. to rely on; to depend on
  6. Classifier for fingerwidths.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

指

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

指 ‎(counter 本, hiragana ゆび, romaji yubi)

  1. a finger
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
      指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

Noun

指 ‎(hiragana および, romaji oyobi)

  1. a finger
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
      指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

References

Korean

Hanja

指 • ‎(ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Okinawan

Kanji

指

Readings

  • Native: いーび (ībi)

Compounds

  • 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): index finger
  • 差ち指 (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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiːbi/

Noun

指 ‎(hiragana いーび, romaji ībi)

  1. finger

Southern Amami-Oshima

Kanji

指

Readings

  • Native: っいぃーび ('yībi)

Noun

指 ‎(hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

  1. finger

Vietnamese

Han character

指 (chỉ, xỉ, chỏ)

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