指

See also: 🈯 [U+1F22F SQUARED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6307]
指 U+6307, 指
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6307
← 挆
[U+6306] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 挈 →
[U+6308]

Translingual
Stroke order
9 strokes

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
trad. 指
simp. # 指
alternative forms 𢫾

Glyph origin
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
Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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

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).
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 5tsy
          • MiniDict: tsy去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2tsr
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
      • Xiang
        • (Changsha)
          • Wiktionary: zhr6
          • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
          • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /t͡sz̩²⁴/
Rime
Character 指
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 職雉切
Baxter tsyijX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zi2
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. *[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 指
Reading # 1/1
No. 17325
Phonetic
component		 旨
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 旨
Old
Chinese		 /*kjiʔ/

Definitions

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.

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants
  • → Thai: ชี้ (chíi, “to point”)

Japanese

Kanji
指

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
指
ゆび
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *oyonpE.

Pronunciation

Noun

指(ゆび) • (yubi)  (counter 本)

  1. a finger (including thumb)
  2. 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 38:
    指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比
    Finger The Tangyun calls it a finger, sound shi, [Japanese] yubi, commonly called oyobi

(alternative reading hiragana および, rōmaji oyobi)

  1. a finger
  2. 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 38:
    指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比
    Finger The Tangyun calls it a finger, sound shi, [Japanese] yubi, commonly called oyobi

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: 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))

  1. Hanja form? of 지 (“finger”).

Compounds
Compounds

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

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔiːbi/

Noun

指(いーび) (ībi) 

  1. 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-Oshima

Kanji
指

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Noun

指(っいぃーび) ('yiibi) 

  1. finger

Vietnamese

Han character

指: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, xỉ, chỏ

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