"小指" meaning in Japanese

See 小指 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞jɯ̟bʲi] Forms: 小指 [canonical] (ruby: 小(こ), 指(ゆび)), koyubi [romanization]
Etymology: 小 (ko, “little”) + 指 (yubi, “finger”) Etymology templates: {{com|ja|小|指|sort=こゆび|t1=little|t2=finger|tr1=ko|tr2=yubi}} 小 (ko, “little”) + 指 (yubi, “finger”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|こゆび}} 小(こ)指(ゆび) • (koyubi)
  1. a little finger Derived forms: 足の小指 (ashi no koyubi) (ruby: 足(あし), 小(こ), 指(ゆび)) (english: little toe)
    Sense id: en-小指-ja-noun-N~uLNdvy Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Fingers Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fingers: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːɕi] Forms: 小指 [canonical] (ruby: 小(しょう), 指(し)), shōshi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうし}} 小(しょう)指(し) • (shōshi)
  1. (uncommon) a little finger Tags: uncommon Related terms: 親指 (oyayubi) (ruby: 親指(おやゆび)), 人差し指 (hitosashiyubi) (ruby: 人差(ひとさ), 指(ゆび)), 中指 (nakayubi) (ruby: 中指(なかゆび)), 薬指 (kusuriyubi) (ruby: 薬指(くすりゆび))
    Sense id: en-小指-ja-noun-N~uLNdvy1 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Fingers Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56 Disambiguation of Fingers: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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              "小",
              "こ"
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              "指",
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          "little finger",
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    {
      "other": "こゆび"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ko̞jɯ̟bʲi]"
    }
  ],
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    "ja:小指"
  ],
  "word": "小指"
}

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          "日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ",
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        [
          "Tōkyō",
          "w:Tōkyō"
        ],
        [
          "Shogakukan",
          "w:Shogakukan"
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              "おやゆび"
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        },
        {
          "roman": "hitosashiyubi",
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              "人差",
              "ひとさ"
            ],
            [
              "指",
              "ゆび"
            ]
          ],
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        },
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              "なかゆび"
            ]
          ],
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        },
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            ]
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        }
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      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ːɕi]"
    }
  ],
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  "word": "小指"
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          "あし"
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          "小",
          "こ"
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Download raw JSONL data for 小指 meaning in Japanese (3.4kB)

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