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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
指 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA ), four-corner 51061 , composition ⿰扌 旨 )
References
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
Glyph origin
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 手 + phonetic 旨 ( OC *kjiʔ) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : zhǐ (zhi3 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄓˇ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : zi3
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : зы (zɨ, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : zi2
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : zi2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : zi3
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : chṳ́
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : zi3
Jin (Wiktionary ) : zeh4
Northern Min (KCR ) : gǐ
Eastern Min (BUC ) : cī
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : kí / chái / cháiⁿ / chúiⁿ / chán / chí
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : zi2 / zoin2 / zain2 / gi2 / zeng2
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 tsy
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : zhr6
Mandarin
Cantonese
Gan
Hakka
Jin
Northern Min
Eastern Min
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , Jinjiang , Nan'an , Hui'an , Changtai , Zhangpu , Longyan , General Taiwanese )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Zhangzhou , Zhangpu , Longyan , Kinmen )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Changtai , Taipei , Kaohsiung , Tainan , Taichung , Hsinchu , Sanxia , Yilan )
(Hokkien : Quanzhou , Jinjiang , Hui'an , Nan'an , Lukang )
(Hokkien : Magong )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , Jinjiang , Nan'an , Hui'an , Changtai , Zhangpu , Longyan , General Taiwanese )
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).
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. * 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
finger (Classifier : 個 / 个 mn-t )
手指 ― shǒuzhǐ ― finger
to point ; to point out ; to aim
指 出 ― zhǐ chū ― to point out
指 人 ― zhǐ rén ― to point at a person
to indicate ; to show ; to demonstrate
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. Spring refers to the season after winter.
to rely on; to depend on
to criticize ; to rebuke
to make one’s hair stand on end
Classifier for fingerwidths .
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
手指 (“finger”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
指
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
手指
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
手指頭
Taiwan
手指 , 手指頭
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
手指頭
Harbin
手指頭
Shenyang
手指頭
Singapore
手指
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
手指頭 , 手指
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
手指頭兒 , 指頭
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
指頭
Wanrong
手圪頭
Zhengzhou
手指頭
Xi'an
手指頭 , 指頭
Xining
手指頭
Xuzhou
手指頭 , 手指
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
指頭
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
指頭
Lanzhou
手指頭
Ürümqi
手指頭
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
手指拇兒 , 手指
Wuhan
指甲
Guiyang
手指頭
Kunming
手指頭
Guilin
指媽
Liuzhou
手指頭 , 手指
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
手指抹頭 , 手指頭
Yangzhou
麻則 , 手則頭 , 則頭
Nantong
手爪兒 , 手折頭 , 手折末頭兒
Hefei
末爪頭 , 末爪頭子 , 手爪子
Huanggang
指丫兒
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
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
手美頭 , 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
Xinzhou
指頭
Hohhot
指頭子
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
手指頭
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
( to point ) : 點明 / 点明 (diǎnmíng )
( to rely on ) :
仗恃 ( zhàngshì ) ( literary, chiefly derogatory ) 仰仗 ( yǎngzhàng ) 仰賴 / 仰赖 ( yǎnglài ) 依 ( yī ) 依仗 ( yīzhàng ) 依倚 ( Hokkien ) 依恃 ( yīshì ) ( literary ) 依歸 / 依归 ( yīguī ) ( literary ) 依託 / 依托 ( yītuō ) 依賴 / 依赖 ( yīlài ) 依附 ( yīfù ) 依靠 ( yīkào ) 倚仗 ( yǐzhàng ) 倚倚 ( Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien ) 借助 ( jièzhù ) 倚賴 / 倚赖 ( yǐlài ) 倚靠 ( yǐkào ) 寄 ( jì ) 展品棒 ( Zhangzhou Hokkien ) 怙恃 ( hùshì ) ( literary ) 憑 / 凭 ( píng ) 憑仗 / 凭仗 ( píngzhàng ) 憑依 / 凭依 ( píngyī ) 憑借 / 凭借 ( píngjiè ) 憑恃 / 凭恃 ( píngshì ) 憑靠 / 凭靠 ( píngkào ) 據 / 据 歸依 / 归依 ( guīyī ) ( literary ) 聊 ( liáo ) ( formal ) 賴 / 赖 ( lài ) ( literary, or in compounds only )
Compounds
Descendants
→ Thai: ชี้ ( chíi , “ to point ” )
Japanese
Kanji
指
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Etymology
From Old Japanese , from Proto-Japonic *oyonpE .
Pronunciation
Noun
指( ゆび ) • (yubi ) (counter 本 )
a finger ( including thumb )
(alternative reading hiragana および , rōmaji oyobi )
a finger
Derived terms
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974 ), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX ). Recorded as Middle Korean 지〮 ( cí ) (Yale : ci ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
指 (eumhun 손가락 지 ( son'garak ji ) )
hanja form? of 지 ( “ finger ” )
Compounds
Compounds
소지 (小指 , soji )
약지 (藥指 , yakji )
지도 (指導 , jido )
지령 (指令 , jiryeong )
지목 (指目 , jimok )
지수 (指數 , jisu )
지시 (指示 , jisi )
지적 (指摘 , jijeok , “indication ; identification ”)
지휘 (指揮 , jihwi , “command ; direction ”)
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Okinawan
Kanji
指
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Pronunciation
Noun
指( いーび ) (ībi )
finger
Derived terms
指( いーび ) ぬ先( さち ) ( ībinusachi , “ fingertip ” )
大( うふ ) 指( いーび ) ( ufuībi , “ thumb, big toe ” )
中( なか ) 指( いーび ) ( nakaībi , “ middle finger ” )
薬( くすい ) 指( いーび ) ( kusuīibi , “ ring finger ” )
差( さ ) し指( いーび ) ( sashīibi ) , 差( さ ) し( ち ) 指( いーび ) ( sachīibi , “ index finger ” )
人( っちゅ ) 差( さ ) し指( いーび ) ( tchusashīibi , “ index finger ” )
均( なら ) し指( いーび ) , 平( なら ) し指( いーび ) ( narashīibi , “ ring finger ” )
指( いーび ) 小( んぐゎー ) , 指( いーび ) 子( んぐゎー ) , 指( いーび ) んぐゎー ( ībingwā , “ little finger, pinkie ” )
Southern Amami Ōshima
Kanji
指
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
Noun
指( っいぃーび ) ('yībi )
finger
Vietnamese
Han character
指 : Hán Nôm readings: chỉ , xỉ , chỏ
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