食指

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Chinese

 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
finger; to point; to direct
finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (食指) 食 指
simp. #(食指) 食 指

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 食 指
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 船 (27) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 職 (134) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 乗力切 職雉切
Baxter zyik tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʑɨk̚/ /t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʑɨk̚/ /t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʑiek̚/ /t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʑik̚/ /cjiX/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʑiək̚/ /t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʑĭək̚/ /t͡ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/ /t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shí zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik6 zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 食 指
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shí zhǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zyik › ‹ tsyijX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mə-lək/ /*mə.kijʔ/
English eat finger; point

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 食 指
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 11477 17325
Phonetic
component 		食 旨
Rime
group 		職 脂
Rime
subdivision 		0 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		旨
Old
Chinese 		/*ɦljɯɡ/ /*kjiʔ/

Noun

食指

  1. index finger
  2. mouths to feed

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 食指 (“index finger”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 食指, 示指 Mainland China
Mandarin Beijing 二拇哥, 二拇弟, 二拇指, 二拇手指頭
Taiwan 食指
Tianjin 二拇指
Langfang 二拇哥
Tangshan 二末手指頭, 二拇指, 二拇指頭
Cangzhou 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭, 二拇哥
Baoding 二拇弟
Shijiazhuang 二拇指頭兒, 二拇弟
Daming 二拇指頭兒
Ulanhot 二拇哥
Tongliao 二拇哥
Chifeng 食指, 二拇弟, 二拇娘, 二拇哥
Bayanhot 二拇嘎
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 食指, 二拇指, 二拇哥
Harbin 食指, 二拇指
Shenyang 食指, 二拇指
Yantai (Muping) 食指, 二拇指頭, 二拇指
Qingdao 二拇指頭
Jinan 二拇指, 食指, 二拇指頭, 二門指頭
Luoyang 二拇指頭, 食指
Wanrong 二面手圪頭
Zhengzhou 二末指頭
Xi'an 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭
Yinchuan 二拇指
Lanzhou 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭
Xining 二拇指頭
Ürümqi 二拇指頭, 食指, 二拇指弟
Wuhan 食指, 二指甲
Huanggang 二指丫兒
Chengdu 二指拇兒, 食指
Chongqing 二拇指兒
Guiyang 食指, 二指拇, 二指頭
Kunming 食指, 二拇指
Guilin 二指媽
Liuzhou 吃指, 糧指, 食指, 二拇指
Xuzhou 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭
Yangzhou 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭
Nanjing 二拇指, 二指抹頭, 二指頭, 二馬指
Hefei 食指, 二拇指
Nantong 二拇指頭
Malaysia 食指
Singapore 食指
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 二拇指頭
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 二拇指頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 食指, 二指
Hong Kong 食指, 二指
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 食指
Macau 食指
Guangzhou (Panyu) 食指, 二指
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 二指
Guangzhou (Conghua) 二指
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 二指
Foshan 食指, 二指
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 食指, 二指
Foshan (Shunde) 二指
Foshan (Sanshui) 二指
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 二指
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 二指
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 二指
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 二指
Zhuhai (Doumen) 二指
Jiangmen (Baisha) 食指
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 食指
Taishan 食指, 二指
Kaiping (Chikan) 食指
Enping (Niujiang) 二指
Heshan (Yayao) 二指
Dongguan 食指
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 食指
Qingyuan 食指
Fogang 拈食指
Yingde (Hanguang) 二指
Yangshan 食指, 二指
Lianshan (Butian) 食指
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 食指
Shaoguan 食指
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 食指
Renhua 食指
Lechang 食指
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 食指
Sihui 食指
Guangning 食指
Deqing 手指公
Huaiji 食指
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 雞公指, 雞公
Yunfu 扁二指, 點鹽指
Xinxing 食指
Luoding 食指
Yunan (Pingtai) 二指
Xinyi 食指
Lianjiang 食指
Nanning 食指, 二指
Wuzhou 食指, 二指
Yulin 食指
Hepu (Lianzhou) 食指
Gan Nanchang 二拇指頭
Lichuan 二手節
Pingxiang 第二隻手指腦
Hakka Meixian 二手指
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 食指
Dongguan (Qingxi) 食指
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 食指
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 二指
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 食指
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 食指
Wuhua (Huacheng) 食指
Wuhua (Changbu) 食指
Wuhua (Mianyang) 手指嫲
Conghua (Lütian) 食指
Yudu 二手指, 食指
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蛇頭指, 指人指, 拈食指
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 指人指, 拈食指
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蛇頭指, 拈食指
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 食指, 指人指, 蛇頭指
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蛇頭指, 指人指, 拈食指
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 第二指
Luchuan (Daqiao) 食指
Sabah (Longchuan) 食指
Singkawang 拈食指
Huizhou Jixi 食指
Shexian 食指
Jin Taiyuan 二拇指頭
Pingyao 二拇指頭兒
Xinzhou 二拇指頭
Taibus (Baochang) 二拇指頭
Linhe 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭子
Jining 二拇指頭
Hohhot 二拇哥兒
Baotou 二拇指頭
Dongsheng 食指
Haibowan 二拇指
Zhangjiakou 二拇哥兒
Handan 二拇指頭
Eastern Min Fuzhou 雞角指, 雞母指 humorous
Fuqing 雞角指, 食指
Matsu 雞角指
Southern Min Xiamen 指指
Xiamen (Tong'an) 指指
Quanzhou 指指
Jinjiang 指指
Zhangzhou 雞指
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 指指
Yunxiao 雞指
Zhao'an 食指
Taipei 二指, 指指
New Taipei (Sanxia) 報路
Kaohsiung 二指, 指指
Yilan 指指, 二指, 第二指
Changhua (Lukang) 指指
Taichung 指指
Tainan 二指, 指指
Hsinchu 二指
Kinmen 指指
Penghu (Magong) 指指
Pingnan (Shangdu) 食指
Chaozhou 雞指
Shantou 雞指
Jieyang 雞指
Haifeng 第二指
Leizhou 戳鹽手囝
Haikou 第二手囝
Qionghai 舉天
Central Min Yong'an 食指
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 二指
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 食指
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 第二個
Wu Shanghai 食指, 雞節頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 二節頭
Suzhou 指人節頭
Danyang 二拇指頭
Hangzhou 食指
Ningbo 食指
Wenzhou 指天指
Jinhua 食指, 點鹽指
Xiang Changsha 二指腦, 二指拇
Loudi 二手指腦
Quanzhou 食指

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (食指):
  • → Japanese: 食(しょく)指(し) (shokushi)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
食 指
しょく
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Chinese 食指 (shízhǐ). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Noun

食(しょく)指(し) • (shokushi) ←しよくし (syokusi)?

  1. an index finger; a forefinger
Idioms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
食 指
Grade: 2 ゆび
Grade: 3
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 食指 – see the following entry.
【人差ひとさし指ゆび】
an index finger; a forefinger
Alternative spelling
人差指
(This term, 食指, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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