食指
Chinese edit
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
finger; to point; to direct finger; to point; to direct; to indicate | ||
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trad. (食指) | 食 | 指 | |
simp. #(食指) | 食 | 指 |
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
食指
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 食指 (“index finger”) [map]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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食 | 指 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
し Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
From Chinese 食指 (shízhǐ). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) しょくし [shóꜜk
ùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3] - (Tokyo) しょくし [shòk
úshí] (Heiban – [0])[1][3] - IPA(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝɕi]
- Homophones: 食思, 喞子, 職司
Noun edit
食指 • (shokushi) ←しよくし (syokusi)?
- an index finger; a forefinger
Idioms edit
- 食指が動く (shokushi ga ugoku, “feel a strong desire for”)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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食 | 指 |
Grade: 2 | ゆび Grade: 3 |
irregular |
For pronunciation and definitions of 食指 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 食指, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN