指

指 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 5106₁, composition ⿰扌旨)

• KangXi: 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

Historical forms of the character 指
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjiʔ) : semantic 手 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

指

1. finger

   手指  ―  shǒuzhǐ  ―  finger

2. to point; to point out; to aim

   指出  ―  zhǐchū  ―  to point out

   指人  ―  zhǐ rén  ―  to point at a person

3. to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
4. 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. [Pinyin]

   Spring refers to the season after winter.

5. to rely on; to depend on
6. to criticize; to rebuke
7. to make one’s hair stand on end
8. Classifier for fingerwidths.

• (finger): 手指 (shǒuzhǐ)
• (to point): 點明／点明 (diǎnmíng)
• (to rely on):

• → Thai: ชี้ (chíi, “to point”)

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆび (yubi, 指, Jōyō); さす (sasu, 指す, Jōyō)
• Nanori: むね (mune)

From Old Japanese および.[1] Cognate with Okinawan いーび.

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) ゆび​ [yùbíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

指(ゆび) • (yubi)  (counter 本)

1. a finger
   • 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2, page 38)

     指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

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(alternative reading hiragana および, rōmaji oyobi)

1. a finger
   • 931–938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2, page 38)

     指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 親(おや)指(ゆび) (oyayubi): thumb
• 人(ひと)差(さ)し指(ゆび) (hitosashiyubi): forefinger, index finger
• 中(なか)指(ゆび) (nakayubi): long finger, middle finger
• 薬(くすり)指(ゆび) (kusuriyubi): ring finger, medical finger, the third finger (UK), the fourth finger (US)
• 小(こ)指(ゆび) (koyubi): little finger, ear-finger, pinkie
• 指(ゆび)関(かん)節(せつ) (yubikansetsu): knuckle, finger joint
• 足(あし)指(ゆび) (ashiyubi), 足(あし)の指(ゆび) (ashi no yubi): toe

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

From Middle Chinese 指 (MC t͡ɕˠiɪ^X). Recorded as Middle Korean 지〮 (cí) (Yale: ci) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 指 (eumhun 손가락 지 (son'garak ji))

1. Hanja form^? of 지 (“finger”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Kun: いーび (ībi, 指)

• IPA^(key): /ʔiːbi/

指 (hiragana いーび, rōmaji ībi)

1. finger

• 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, 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”)

指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

1. finger

指: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, xỉ, chỏ

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