"指" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji, no-gloss

Noun

IPA: [jɯ̟ᵝbʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ゆび)), yubi [romanization], [counter], および [alternative, hiragana], oyobi [Rōmaji]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *oyonpE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*oyonpE}} Proto-Japonic *oyonpE Head templates: {{ja-noun|ゆび|count=本}} 指(ゆび) • (yubi) (counter 本)
  1. a finger (including thumb) Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-指-ja-noun-KgKsob2O Disambiguation of Anatomy: 0 50 50 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 0 46 54
  2. a finger Categories (topical): Anatomy, Fingers
    Sense id: en-指-ja-noun-bSyGTNLu Disambiguation of Anatomy: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Fingers: 0 27 73 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 0 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 親指 (oyayubi) (ruby: (おや), (ゆび)) (english: thumb), 人差し指 (hitosashiyubi) (ruby: (ひと), (), (ゆび)) (english: forefinger, index finger), 中指 (nakayubi) (ruby: (なか), (ゆび)) (english: long finger, middle finger), 薬指: ring finger (kusuriyubi), medical finger, the third finger [UK], the fourth finger [US], 小指 (koyubi) (ruby: (), (ゆび)) (english: little finger, ear-finger, pinkie), 指関節 (yubikansetsu) (ruby: (ゆび), (かん), (せつ)) (english: knuckle, finger joint), 足指, 足の指 (ashiyubi) (ruby: (あし), (ゆび), (あし), (ゆび)) (english: toe)

Download JSON data for 指 meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)

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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "id": "en-指-ja-character-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "grade-3-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "指"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "thumb",
      "roman": "oyayubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "親",
          "おや"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "親指"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "forefinger, index finger",
      "roman": "hitosashiyubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人",
          "ひと"
        ],
        [
          "差",
          "さ"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人差し指"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "long finger, middle finger",
      "roman": "nakayubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "中",
          "なか"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kusuriyubi",
      "word": "薬指: ring finger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "medical finger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "the third finger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "the fourth finger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "little finger, ear-finger, pinkie",
      "roman": "koyubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小指"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "knuckle, finger joint",
      "roman": "yubikansetsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ],
        [
          "関",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "節",
          "せつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指関節"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "toe",
      "roman": "ashiyubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ],
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "足指, 足の指"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *oyonpE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "指",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yubi",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "本",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "counter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "および",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "hiragana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oyobi",
      "head_nr": 2,
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        "Rōmaji"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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        },
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          "_dis": "0 45 55",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 46 54",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "0 50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ja:Anatomy",
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            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "a finger (including thumb)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-指-ja-noun-KgKsob2O",
      "links": [
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ],
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          "thumb",
          "thumb#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 46 54",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
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            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 27 73",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Fingers",
          "orig": "ja:Fingers",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a finger"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-指-ja-noun-bSyGTNLu",
      "links": [
        [
          "finger",
          "finger"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ゆび"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɯ̟ᵝbʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "指"
}
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    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading し",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading し",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading さ-す",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading ゆび",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むね",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 指",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese words with multiple readings",
    "ja:Anatomy",
    "ja:Fingers"
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "grade-3-kanji",
        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "指"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 指",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese words with multiple readings",
    "ja:Anatomy",
    "ja:Fingers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "thumb",
      "roman": "oyayubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "親",
          "おや"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "親指"
    },
    {
      "english": "forefinger, index finger",
      "roman": "hitosashiyubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人",
          "ひと"
        ],
        [
          "差",
          "さ"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人差し指"
    },
    {
      "english": "long finger, middle finger",
      "roman": "nakayubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "中",
          "なか"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kusuriyubi",
      "word": "薬指: ring finger"
    },
    {
      "word": "medical finger"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "the third finger"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "the fourth finger"
    },
    {
      "english": "little finger, ear-finger, pinkie",
      "roman": "koyubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小指"
    },
    {
      "english": "knuckle, finger joint",
      "roman": "yubikansetsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ],
        [
          "関",
          "かん"
        ],
        [
          "節",
          "せつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指関節"
    },
    {
      "english": "toe",
      "roman": "ashiyubi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ],
        [
          "足",
          "あし"
        ],
        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "足指, 足の指"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *oyonpE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "指",
      "head_nr": 1,
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        [
          "指",
          "ゆび"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "本",
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      ]
    },
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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          "finger"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ゆび"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɯ̟ᵝbʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "指"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "指"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "指",
  "trace": ""
}

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