手甲

Chinese
hand; convenient; ‑er 1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
simp. and trad.
(手甲)		 手 甲

Pronunciation

Noun

手甲

  1. fingernail

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 指甲 (“fingernail”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 指甲
Mandarin Beijing 指甲, 指甲蓋兒
Taiwan 指甲
Jinan 指甲, 指甲蓋兒, 手指甲
Luoyang 指甲, 手指甲
Xi'an 指甲, 指甲蓋兒
Yinchuan 指甲
Xining 指甲
Ürümqi 指甲
Wuhan 指甲殼, 指甲篷
Chengdu 指甲兒, 指甲蓋蓋
Liuzhou 手指甲
Yangzhou 指掐, 指掐棚子
Nanjing 指甲, 指甲殼
Hefei 指甲
Singapore 指甲
Cantonese Guangzhou 手指甲, 手甲
Hong Kong 手指甲, 指甲, 手甲
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 指甲
Macau 手甲
Guangzhou (Panyu) 手指甲
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 手指甲
Guangzhou (Conghua) 指甲
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 手指甲
Foshan 手指甲
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 手甲
Foshan (Shunde) 手指甲
Foshan (Sanshui) 手指甲
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 手指甲
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 指甲
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 指甲
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 手甲
Zhuhai (Doumen) 手指甲
Jiangmen (Baisha) 手甲
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 手甲
Taishan 手甲
Kaiping (Chikan) 手甲
Enping (Niujiang) 手甲
Heshan (Yayao) 手指甲
Dongguan 手指甲, 手甲
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 手指甲
Yangjiang 手甲
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 手甲
Gan Nanchang 指甲子, 指甲, 指甲篷子
Lichuan 手節甲
Pingxiang 指甲, 手指甲
Hakka Meixian 手指甲
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 指甲
Dongguan (Qingxi) 手指甲
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 指甲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 手指甲
Conghua (Lütian) 指甲
Yudu 指甲, 手指甲
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手指甲, 手爪
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 手指甲, 手爪
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 手指甲, 手爪
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 手指甲, 手爪
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 手指甲, 手爪
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 手甲, 手爪
Senai (Huiyang) 手指甲
Huizhou Jixi 指甲, 手指甲
Jin Taiyuan 指甲, 指掐
Xinzhou 指甲
Northern Min Jian'ou 手甲
Eastern Min Fuzhou 掌甲, 手掌甲
Southern Min Xiamen 掌甲
Quanzhou 掌甲, 手爪
Zhangzhou 掌甲
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 掌甲
Zhao'an 掌甲
Taipei 掌甲
New Taipei (Sanxia) 掌甲
Kaohsiung 掌甲
Yilan 掌甲
Changhua (Lukang) 掌甲
Taichung 掌甲
Tainan 掌甲
Hsinchu 掌甲
Kinmen 掌甲
Penghu (Magong) 掌甲
Penang (Hokkien) 掌甲
Singapore (Hokkien) 掌甲
Manila (Hokkien) 掌甲
Longyan 手指甲
Chaozhou 掌甲
Jieyang 指甲
Bangkok (Teochew) 指甲
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 掌甲
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 指甲
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 指甲, 手甲, 手指甲
Wu Shanghai 手節掐, 手指掐, 節掐子
Suzhou 節掐, 節掐子, 手節掐
Wenzhou 手指甲, 指甲
Jinhua 手指甲
Xiang Changsha 指甲子
Shuangfeng 指甲子

Japanese
Kanji in this term
手 甲
て > てっ
Grade: 1		 こう
Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 甲 (kō, “shell; armor; back of the hand or foot”), with the medial -k- becoming geminate. Original reading tekō still persists as an alternate, albeit less common, pronunciation.[1]

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) てっこ​ー [tèkkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
    • (Tokyo) てこ​ー [tèkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
    • IPA(key): [te̞k̚ko̞ː]
    • IPA(key): [te̞ko̞ː]

    (second reading is less common)

    Noun

    手(てっ)甲(こう) • (tekkō)  (alternative reading hiragana てこう, rōmaji tekō)

    1. (Anatomy) the back of the hand
    2. a piece of armor or clothing for protecting the back of the hand, such as a glove or gauntlet

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    References
    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. 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

    Okinawan
    Kanji in this term
    手 甲
    Grade: 1 Grade: S

    Etymology

    Cognate with Japanese 手甲 (tekkō).

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): /tikkoː/

    Noun

    手甲(てぃっこー) (tikkō) 

    1. back of the hand
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