名無し指

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	無	指
な Grade: 1	な Grade: 4	ゆび Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Middle Chinese 無名指 (“unnamed finger”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ななしゆび [nànáshíꜜyùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [na̠na̠ɕijɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

Alternative forms

無名指 (less common)

Noun

名無し指 (hiragana ななしゆび, rōmaji nanashiyubi)

Synonym of 薬指 (“ring finger”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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