手甲

Chinese
hand; convenient; ‑er 1st heavenly stem; armor; 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
Xi'an 指甲, 指甲蓋兒
Wuhan 指甲殼, 指甲篷
Chengdu 指甲兒, 指甲蓋蓋
Yangzhou 指掐, 指掐棚子
Hefei 指甲
Cantonese Guangzhou 手指甲, 手甲
Hong Kong 手指甲, 手甲
Taishan 手甲
Yangjiang 手甲
Gan Nanchang 指甲子, 指甲, 指甲篷子
Hakka Meixian 手指甲
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 手指甲
Liudui (S. Sixian) 手指甲
Hsinchu (Hailu) 手指甲
Dongshi (Dabu) 手指甲
Hsinchu (Raoping) 手指甲
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 手甲
Jin Taiyuan 指甲
Min Bei Jian'ou 手甲
Min Dong Fuzhou 掌甲, 手掌甲
Min Nan Xiamen 掌甲
Quanzhou 掌甲, 手爪
Zhangzhou 掌甲
Taipei 掌甲
Kaohsiung 掌甲
Tainan 掌甲
Taichung 掌甲
Hsinchu 掌甲
Lukang 掌甲
Sanxia 掌甲
Yilan 掌甲
Kinmen 掌甲
Magong 掌甲
Penang 掌甲
Philippines (Manila) 掌甲
Chaozhou 掌甲
Wu Suzhou 節掐, 節掐子, 手節掐
Wenzhou 手指甲, 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

Noun

手甲 (hiragana てっこう, rōmaji tekkō) (alternative reading hiragana てこう, romaji 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
  • (anatomy): 手 (て)の甲 (こう) (te no kō), 手 (て)の表 (ひょう)面 (めん) (te no hyōmen)
  • (gauntlet): 籠 (こ)手 (て) (kote), 篭 (こ)手 (て) (kote)
  • (glove): 手 (て)袋 (ぶくろ) (tebukuro)

Derived terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 手甲 (tekkō).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tikkoː/

Noun

手甲 (hiragana てぃっこー, romaji tikkō)

  1. back of the hand
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