# 手甲
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǒujiǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sau$^2$ gaap$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): siǔ-gă
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǒujiǎ [Phonetic: shóujiǎ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǒujiǎ
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^3$-chia$^3$
*** Yale: shǒu-jyǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooujea
*** Palladius: шоуцзя (šouczja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^2$ gaap$^3$
*** Yale: sáu gaap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^2$ gaap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^2$ gab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³⁵ kaːp̚³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǔ-gă
*** Sinological IPA : /siu²¹ ka²⁴/

### Noun

手甲
* fingernail

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 指甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 指甲, 指甲蓋兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 指甲 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 指甲 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 指甲, 指甲蓋兒, 手指甲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 指甲, 手指甲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 指甲, 指甲蓋兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 指甲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 指甲 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 指甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 指甲兒, 指甲蓋蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 指甲殼, 指甲篷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 手指甲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 指甲, 指甲殼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 指掐, 指掐棚子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 指甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指甲, 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手指甲, 指甲, 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 指甲 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 指甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 指甲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 指甲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手指甲, 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 手指甲 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手甲 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 手甲 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 指甲子, 指甲, 指甲篷子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 手節甲 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 指甲, 手指甲 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手指甲 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 指甲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 手指甲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 指甲 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 手指甲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 指甲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 指甲, 手指甲 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手指甲, 手爪 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手指甲, 手爪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手指甲, 手爪 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手指甲, 手爪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手指甲, 手爪 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手甲, 手爪 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 手指甲 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 指甲, 手指甲 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 指甲, 指掐 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 指甲 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 手甲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 掌甲, 手掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掌甲, 手爪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 手指甲 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 掌甲 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 指甲 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 指甲 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 掌甲 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 指甲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 指甲, 手甲, 手指甲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 手節掐, 手指掐, 節掐子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 節掐, 節掐子, 手節掐 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 手指甲, 指甲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 手指甲 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 指甲子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 指甲子 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 手 | 甲 |
| て > てっ Grade: 1 | こう Grade: S |
| yutōyomi ||

### Etymology

Compound of 手 (te, “hand”) +‎ 甲 (kō, “shell; armor; back of the hand or foot”), with the medial -k- becoming geminate. Original reading tekō still persists as an alternate, albeit less common, pronunciation.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) てっこー [tèkkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])
* (Tokyo) てこー [tèkóꜜò] (Nakadaka –)
* IPA: [te̞k̚ko̞ː]
* IPA: [te̞ko̞ː]
(second reading is less common)

### Noun

手(てっ)甲(こう) • (tekkō) (alternative reading hiragana てこう, rōmaji tekō)
* (anatomy) back of the hand
* a piece of armor or clothing for protecting the back of the hand, such as a glove or gauntlet

#### Synonyms

* (anatomy): 手(て)の甲(こう) (te no kō), 手(て)の表(ひょう)面(めん) (te no hyōmen)
* (gauntlet): 籠(こ)手(て) (kote), 篭(こ)手(て) (kote)
* (glove): 手(て)袋(ぶくろ) (tebukuro)

#### Derived terms

* 手甲(てっこう)鉤(かぎ) (tekkō kagi)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Okinawan

Kanji in this term :
| 手 | 甲 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: S |

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 手甲 (tekkō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tikkoː/

### Noun

手甲(てぃっこー) (tikkō)
* back of the hand