小指

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

小指

  1. little finger
  2. little toe

Synonyms
  • (little finger):

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
小 指
こ
Grade: 1		 ゆび
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

小 (ko, “little”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

小(こ)指(ゆび) • (koyubi) 

  1. a little finger
Derived terms
  • 足(あし)の小(こ)指(ゆび) (ashi no koyubi): little toe

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
小 指
しょう
Grade: 1		 し
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːɕi]

Noun

小(しょう)指(し) • (shōshi) 

  1. (uncommon) a little finger[4]

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. “手”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
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