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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 51061, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 429, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12034
  • Dae Jaweon: page 778, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1873, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6307

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
*ŋɡiːs
*ŋɡiːs, *kji
*klje
*kji
*kji, *kjis
*kjiʔ
*kjiʔ
*kjiʔ
*ɡjis
*qʰlji
*ɡri
*ɡri
*ɡri
*ɡri

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kjiʔ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *kjiʔ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cjiX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 17325
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kjiʔ/

Definitions

  1. finger
       shǒuzhǐ   finger
  2. to point; to aim
  3. to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
  4. to refer to; to mean
    舒服   Zhǐ rén bù shūfú.   Refers to being uncomfortable.
  5. to rely on; to depend on
  6. Classifier for fingerwidths.

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

(counter , hiragana ゆび, romaji yubi)

  1. a finger
    • 931938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
      指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

Noun

(hiragana および, romaji oyobi)

  1. a finger
    • 931938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
      指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

References


Korean

Hanja

(ji) (hangeul , revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Okinawan

Kanji

Readings

  • Native: いーび (ībi)

Compounds

  • 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): index finger
  • 差ち指 (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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiːbi/

Noun

(hiragana いーび, romaji ībi)

  1. finger

Southern Amami-Oshima

Kanji

Readings

  • Native: っいぃーび ('yībi)

Noun

(hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

  1. finger

Vietnamese

Han character

(chỉ, xỉ, chỏ)

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