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

Han character

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

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.
 指

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, OC *kjiʔ) : semantic 手 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • kí, chái/cháiⁿ/chúiⁿ/chán - vernacular;
  • chí - literary.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: zi2 / zoin2 / gi2 / zeng1 / goi1 / gi6
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí / tsóiⁿ / kí / tsṳng / koi / kĭ
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡si⁵²/, /t͡sõĩ⁵²/, /ki⁵²/, /t͡sɯŋ³³/, /koi³³/, /ki³⁵/
Note:
  • zoin2 - literary (“finger”);
  • gi2 - literary (“to point”);
  • zeng1 - colloquial, in some words;
  • goi1 - colloquial, in some words;
  • gi6 - colloquial, in some words.
Rime
Character 指
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 職雉切
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 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 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. Classifier for fingerwidths.

Compounds
Derived terms from 指

Japanese

Kanji
指

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Noun

指 (counter 本, hiragana ゆび, rōmaji yubi)

  1. a finger
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
      指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

(alternative reading hiragana および, romaji oyobi)

  1. a finger
    • 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 2, page 38:
      指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比

Derived terms

References

Korean

Hanja

指 • (ji) (hangeul 지)

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Okinawan

Kanji

指 (hiragana いーび, romaji ībi)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔiːbi/

Noun

指 (hiragana いーび, romaji ībi)

  1. finger

Derived terms
  • 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, 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”)

Southern Amami-Oshima

Kanji

指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

Noun

指 (hiragana っいぃーび, romaji 'yībi)

  1. finger

Vietnamese

Han character

指 (chỉ)

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