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See also: 指纹

Chinese

		finger	line; trace; mark
trad. (指紋)		指	紋
simp. (指纹)		指	纹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐwén

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² man⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chí-bûn

(Teochew, Peng'im): zion² bhung⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsy-ven₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐhwún
  - Wade–Giles: chih³-wên²
  - Yale: jř-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyywen
  - Palladius: чживэнь (čživɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi² man⁴
  - Yale: jí màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ mɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    子民
    指紋 / 指纹
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: tsí-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cy'buun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zion² bhung⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsióⁿ bûng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩõ⁵²⁻³⁵ buŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsy-ven₆
  - MiniDict: tsy^去 ven^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsr-ven₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³³ vən⁴⁴/

Noun

指紋

loops and whorls on a finger
fingerprint (Classifier: 枚)
採集指紋／采集指纹 ― cǎijí zhǐwén ― to collect fingerprints

Synonyms

(fingerprint):

手印 (shǒuyìn)
手指模 (sau² zi² mou⁴) (Cantonese)
手指腡 / 手指脶 (Hakka)
手模 (shǒumó)
手痕 (Hokkien)
指印 (zhǐyìn)
指模 (zi² mou⁴) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
掌頭仔痕 / 掌头仔痕 (Hokkien)
節頭印 / 节头印 (⁷ciq-deu-in) (Wu)
紋腡 / 纹脶 (⁶ven-lu) (Wu)

Dialectal synonyms of 指紋 (“fingerprint”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		指紋
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	指紋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	手指模, 手紋
Cantonese	Hong Kong	指模, 手指模, 指紋
Gan	Lichuan	手模
Gan	Pingxiang	手模
Hakka	Yudu	手模, 手印
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	手指腡 †
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	手指腡 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	手指腡 †
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	手指腡 †
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	手指腡 †
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	手指腡 †, 手指痕
Huizhou	Jixi	手模, 手印
Jin	Taiyuan	手紋紋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	手紋
Southern Min	Xiamen	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
	Quanzhou	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手模 <>, 手印 <>, 指模 <>
	Zhangzhou	手腡 †, 掌頭仔腡 †, 手印 <>
Wu	Shanghai	手紋, 紋腡, 指紋, 節頭印
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	手印
	Shanghai (Chongming)	節頭印
	Suzhou	節頭印
	Wuxi	節頭印
Note	† - natural pattern on fingers; <> - pattern left on surfaces

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (指紋):

→ Japanese: 指(し)紋(もん) (shimon)
→ Korean: 지문(指紋) (jimun)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
指	紋
し Grade: 3	もん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しもん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

指(し)紋(もん) • (shimon)

fingerprint

References

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
指	紋

Noun

指紋 • (jimun) (hangeul 지문)

hanja form^? of 지문

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