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無名指
無名指
See also: 无名指
Chinese
| anonymous; nameless | finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
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| trad. (無名指) | 無名 | 指 | |
| simp. (无名指) | 无名 | 指 | |
| Literally: “unnamed finger”. | |||
Noun
無名指
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 無 | 名 | 指 |
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む Grade: 4 |
めい Grade: 1 |
し Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | ||
Borrowing from Middle Chinese 無名指 (/mɨo miᴇŋ t͡ɕˠiɪX/, literally “no, without + name + finger”). Compare modern Cantonese reading mou4 ming4 zi2, Hakka mò-miàng-chí.
Pronunciation
Noun
無名指 (hiragana むめいし, romaji mumeishi)
- Synonym of 薬指: ring finger
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 無 | 名 | 指 |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 |
ゆび Grade: 3 |
| Irregular | ||
Calque of Middle Chinese 無名指 (“unnamed finger”), swapping the readings of the first two kanji to match Japanese word order.
This reading is more commonly spelled 名無し指.
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- 名無し指 (more common)
Noun
無名指 (hiragana ななしゆび, romaji nanashiyubi)
- Synonym of 薬指: ring finger