# 指

| 指 | U+6307, &#25351; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6307 |
| ← 挆 [U+6306] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 挈 → [U+6308] |

## Translingual
### Han character

指 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手心日 (QPA), four-corner 5106$_1$, composition ⿰扌旨)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 429, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12034
* Dae Jaweon: page 778, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1873, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6307

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 指 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 稽 | *kiː, *kʰiːʔ |
| 詣 | *ŋɡiːs |
| 栺 | *ŋɡiːs, *kji |
| 榰 | *klje |
| 脂 | *kji |
| 鴲 | *kji, *kjis |
| 指 | *kjiʔ |
| 旨 | *kjiʔ |
| 恉 | *kjiʔ |
| 嗜 | *ɡjis |
| 蓍 | *qʰlji |
| 鰭 | *ɡri |
| 耆 | *ɡri |
| 鮨 | *ɡri |
| 鬐 | *ɡri |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kjiʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zi$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): zì / zǐ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зы (zɨ, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): zi$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zi$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́
    (Hailu, HRS): zhi$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zeh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): gǐ
* Eastern Min (BUC): cī
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zai$^3$ / gi$^3$ / zi$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kí / chái / cháiⁿ / chúiⁿ / chán / chí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zi$^2$ / zoin$^2$ / zain$^2$ / gi$^2$ / zeng$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ji$^2$ / zai$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zi$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhr$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$
*** Yale: jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: z
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: zì / zǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵³/, /t͡sz̩²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зы (zɨ, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: zi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhi$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃi²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zeh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǐ
*** Sinological IPA : /ki²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cī
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sai⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sai³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ki³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³²/
* zai3, gi3 - vernacular;
* zi3 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tsyijX
Rime :
| Character | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職雉切 |
| Baxter | tsyijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.kijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kjiʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə.kijʔ/ |
| English | finger; point |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17325 |
| Phonetic component | 旨 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 旨 |
| Old Chinese | /*kjiʔ/ |

### Definitions

指
* finger (Classifier: 個／个 mn-t)
    手指 ― shǒuzhǐ ― finger
* to point; to point out; to aim
    指出 ― zhǐchū ― to point out
    指人 ― zhǐ rén ― to point at a person
* to indicate; to show; to demonstrate
* to refer to; to mean
       Chūntiān zhǐ de shì dōngtiān hòumiàn de nàge jìjié. [Pinyin]
       Spring refers to the season after winter.
* to rely on; to depend on
* to criticize; to rebuke
* to make one’s hair stand on end
* Classifier for fingerwidths.

#### Synonyms

* (finger): 手指 (shǒuzhǐ)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 指 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 手指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 手指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 指頭兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 手指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 手指頭, 手指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 手指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 手指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 手指頭兒, 指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 手指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 手指頭, 手拇指頭兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 手圪頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 手指, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 手指頭, 手指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 手指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 手指拇兒, 手指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 手指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 指頭子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 指甲, 手指, 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 指頭, 指甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 手指頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 指丫崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 手指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 指媽, 手指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 手指頭, 手指, 指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 手指頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 手指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 手指, 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 手指抹頭, 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 麻指, 手指頭, 指頭, 手指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 手爪兒, 手指頭, 手指末頭兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 手指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 手指頭, 手指拇頭子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 手指頭, 末爪頭, 末爪頭子, 手爪子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 指丫兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 指甲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 手指頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 手指, 手仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 手兒 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 手指 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 手指 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 指頭子, 指頭, 手指頭, 指姆頭子, 手指姆頭子, 手指丫 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手指 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 手指 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 手指頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 手指頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 手指 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 手指腦 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 手指頭, 手指 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 手指 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 手指 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 指頭, 手指頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 手拇頭, 手指頭 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 指指兒, 手指指兒頭 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 手指指兒 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 手指頭兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 手指 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 手指頭, 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 手指, 指頭 |
| Jin | Datong | 手指頭兒, 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 指頭 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 指頭兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Linhe | 指頭子 |
| Jin | Jining | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 指頭, 指頭子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 手指頭, 指頭 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 手指頭兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 手指 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 手指頭 |
| Jin | Suide | 手指頭兒, 指頭兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 手指仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 手仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 手仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 手指仔, 手爪仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 掌指, 手掌指, 手指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 手掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 掌頭 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 掌頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 掌頭囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 掌頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 掌頭囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 掌指, 手掌指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 掌頭仔, 手爪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 掌頭仔, 手爪 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 掌頭囝 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 掌頭囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 手掌頭仔, 手掌指仔, 手掌指, 掌頭仔, 掌指仔, 掌指, 手爪, 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 手掌指仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 手掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 手指, 惹捚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 手掌頭仔, 掌頭仔, 手爪 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 手指頭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 手指仔 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 指 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 手指 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 手囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 手囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 手囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 手指頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 手指, 手指頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 手指 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 手指 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 手指仔 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 手指仔 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 手仔 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 手指 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 手指 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 手節頭, 手指頭, 節頭官, 節頭骨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 手節頭, 節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 手節頭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 手節頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 指頭, 手指頭, 手拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 手指頭兒, 手指頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 指末頭, 手指末頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 手指頭兒, 指頭兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 手拇執頭, 手指頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 手末節頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 手指腦, 手指拇 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 手指腦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 手指頭 |
* (to point): 點明／点明 (diǎnmíng)
* (to rely on):
* 仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
* 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
* 仰賴 / 仰赖 (yǎnglài)
* 依 (yī)
* 依仗 (yīzhàng)
* 依倚 (Hokkien)
* 依恃 (yīshì) (literary)
* 依歸 / 依归 (yīguī) (literary)
* 依託 / 依托 (yītuō)
* 依賴 / 依赖 (yīlài)
* 依附 (yīfù)
* 依靠 (yīkào)
* 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
* 倚倚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 借助 (jièzhù)
* 倚賴 / 倚赖 (yǐlài)
* 倚靠 (yǐkào)
* 寄 (jì)
* 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 怙恃 (hùshì) (literary)
* 憑 / 凭 (píng)
* 憑仗 / 凭仗 (píngzhàng)
* 憑依 / 凭依 (píngyī)
* 憑借 / 凭借 (píngjiè)
* 憑恃 / 凭恃 (píngshì)
* 憑靠 / 凭靠 (píngkào)
* 據 / 据
* 歸依 / 归依 (guīyī) (literary)
* 聊 (liáo) (formal)
* 賴 / 赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)

### Compounds

* 一彈指 / 一弹指
* 一腳指 / 一脚指
* 不吝指教 (bùlìnzhǐjiào)
* 不指望
* 中指 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 了如指掌 (liǎorúzhǐzhǎng)
* 二拇指 (èrmǔzhǐ)
* 五指 (wǔzhǐ)
* 五指山 (Wǔzhǐshān)
* 交通指揮 / 交通指挥
* 人氣指標 / 人气指标
* 令人髮指 / 令人发指 (lìngrénfàzhǐ)
* 以指撓沸 / 以指挠沸
* 佛指甲
* 使臂使指
* 倒指
* 修指甲
* 僂指 / 偻指
* 僮手指千
* 價值指標 / 价值指标
* 光陰彈指 / 光阴弹指
* 八指頭陀 / 八指头陀
* 六指 (liùzhǐ)
* 切韻指南 / 切韵指南
* 創意指導 / 创意指导
* 劍指 / 剑指 (jiànzhǐ)
* 加權指數 / 加权指数
* 十二指腸 / 十二指肠 (shí'èrzhǐcháng)
* 十指連心 / 十指连心
* 千人所指
* 千夫所指 (qiānfūsuǒzhǐ)
* 半指
* 口講指畫 / 口讲指画
* 合指症
* 同文算指
* 吹指
* 啖指咬舌
* 噬指棄薪 / 噬指弃薪
* 多指症
* 大拇指 (dàmǔzhǐ)
* 大拇指頭 / 大拇指头 (dàmǔzhǐtou)
* 大指 (dàzhǐ)
* 如指諸掌 / 如指诸掌 (rúzhǐzhūzhǎng)
* 如臂使指 (rúbìshǐzhǐ)
* 密度指數 / 密度指数
* 寸指測淵 / 寸指测渊
* 射魚指天 / 射鱼指天
* 將指 / 将指 (jiàngzhǐ)
* 小拇指 (xiǎomǔzhǐ)
* 小指 (xiǎozhǐ)
* 屈指 (qūzhǐ)
* 屈指一算 (qūzhǐyīsuàn)
* 屈指可數 / 屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)
* 彈指 / 弹指 (tánzhǐ)
* 彈指之間 / 弹指之间
* 彈指神功 / 弹指神功
* 惜指失掌
* 意指
* 戒指
* 戟指
* 戟指怒目
* 手指 (shǒuzhǐ)
* 手指字母
* 扳指 (bānzhi)
* 拇指 (mǔzhǐ)
* 拈針指 / 拈针指
* 指一說十 / 指一说十
* 指不勝屈 / 指不胜屈
* 指事 (zhǐshì)
* 指令 (zhǐlìng)
* 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
* 指出 (zhǐchū)
* 指北針 / 指北针 (zhǐběizhēn)
* 指南 (zhǐnán)
* 指南之助
* 指南宮 / 指南宫
* 指南打北
* 指南車 / 指南车
* 指南針 / 指南针 (zhǐnánzhēn)
* 指印 (zhǐyìn)
* 指古摘今
* 指名 (zhǐmíng)
* 指向 (zhǐxiàng)
* 指名道姓 (zhǐmíngdàoxìng)
* 指囷
* 指地為盟 / 指地为盟
* 指壓 / 指压 (zhǐyā)
* 指天為誓 / 指天为誓 (zhǐ tiān wéi shì)
* 指天畫地 / 指天画地
* 指天說地 / 指天说地
* 指天誓心
* 指天誓日
* 指婚
* 指定 (zhǐdìng)
* 指定打擊 / 指定打击
* 指定轉接 / 指定转接
* 指實掌虛 / 指实掌虚
* 指導 / 指导 (zhǐdǎo)
* 指導員 / 指导员 (zhǐdǎoyuán)
* 指尖 (zhǐjiān)
* 指山說磨 / 指山说磨
* 指山賣磨 / 指山卖磨
* 指引 (zhǐyǐn)
* 指手畫腳 / 指手画脚 (zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo)
* 指手頓腳 / 指手顿脚
* 拶指
* 指指戳戳
* 指指搠搠
* 指指點點 / 指指点点 (zhǐzhǐdiǎndiǎn)
* 指授 (zhǐshòu)
* 指掌
* 指控 (zhǐkòng)
* 指揮 / 指挥 (zhǐhuī)
* 指揮刀 / 指挥刀 (zhǐhuīdāo)
* 指揮官 / 指挥官 (zhǐhuīguān)
* 指揮導航 / 指挥导航
* 指揮棒 / 指挥棒 (zhǐhuībàng)
* 指揮艙 / 指挥舱
* 指揮若定 / 指挥若定 (zhǐhuīruòdìng)
* 指揮部 / 指挥部 (zhǐhuībù)
* 指摹
* 指摘 (zhǐzhāi)
* 指攀
* 指教 (zhǐjiào)
* 指數 / 指数 (zhǐshù)
* 指數函數 / 指数函数 (zhǐshù hánshù)
* 指數法則 / 指数法则
* 指斥 (zhǐchì)
* 指日 (zhǐrì)
* 指日可待 (zhǐrìkědài)
* 指日高陞 / 指日高升 (zhǐrìgāoshēng)
* 指明 (zhǐmíng)
* 指書 / 指书
* 指望 (zhǐwàng)
* 指東打西 / 指东打西
* 指東畫西 / 指东画西
* 指東話西 / 指东话西
* 指東說西 / 指东说西
* 指桑罵槐 / 指桑骂槐 (zhǐsāngmàhuái)
* 指桑說槐 / 指桑说槐
* 指極星 / 指极星
* 指標 / 指标 (zhǐbiāo)
* 指正 (zhǐzhèng)
* 指歸 / 指归 (zhǐguī)
* 指水盟松
* 指沓
* 指決 / 指决
* 指法 (zhǐfǎ)
* 指派 (zhǐpài)
* 指猴 (zhǐhóu)
* 指瑕
* 指瑕造隙
* 指環 / 指环 (zhǐhuán)
* 指甲
* 指甲剪
* 指甲套兒 / 指甲套儿
* 指甲油
* 指甲花
* 指甲草
* 指畫 / 指画 (zhǐhuà)
* 指痕
* 指皂為白 / 指皂为白
* 指目 (zhǐmù)
* 指破迷團 / 指破迷团
* 指示 (zhǐshì)
* 指稱 / 指称 (zhǐchēng)
* 指稱詞 / 指称词
* 指空話空 / 指空话空
* 指紋 / 指纹 (zhǐwén)
* 指紋分析 / 指纹分析
* 指紋紀錄 / 指纹纪录
* 指紋辨識 / 指纹辨识
* 指紋鑑定 / 指纹鉴定
* 指腹割衿
* 指腳夫妻 / 指脚夫妻
* 指腹為婚 / 指腹为婚
* 指腹裁襟
* 指螺
* 指要 (zhǐyào)
* 指親托故 / 指亲托故
* 指觸 / 指触
* 指認 / 指认
* 指謫 / 指谪 (zhǐzhé)
* 指證 / 指证 (zhǐzhèng)
* 指豬罵狗 / 指猪骂狗
* 指責 / 指责 (zhǐzé)
* 指路人
* 指迷
* 指配
* 指針 / 指针 (zhǐzhēn)
* 指長話短 / 指长话短
* 指關節 / 指关节 (zhǐguānjié)
* 指陳 / 指陈 (zhǐchén)
* 指雁為羹 / 指雁为羹
* 指雞罵狗 / 指鸡骂狗
* 指靠 (zhǐkào)
* 指頭 / 指头
* 指頭畫 / 指头画
* 指頭肚兒 / 指头肚儿
* 指顧 / 指顾
* 指顧之際 / 指顾之际
* 指骨 (zhǐgǔ)
* 指鹿為馬 / 指鹿为马 (zhǐlùwéimǎ)
* 指麾
* 指黑為白 / 指黑为白
* 指點 / 指点 (zhǐdiǎn)
* 指點迷津 / 指点迷津 (zhǐdiǎnmíjīn)
* 掐指一算
* 搖指 / 摇指 (yáozhǐ)
* 撚指
* 據床指麾 / 据床指麾
* 擘指
* 斗杓東指
* 旌旗所指
* 望風希指 / 望风希指
* 東指 / 东指
* 枝指
* 染指 (rǎnzhǐ)
* 染指垂涎
* 染指於鼎 / 染指于鼎
* 根指數 / 根指数
* 梏十指
* 樂府指迷 / 乐府指迷
* 武術指導 / 武术指导
* 沒了指望 / 没了指望
* 沒指望 / 没指望
* 泛指 (fànzhǐ)
* 灰指甲
* 無名指 / 无名指 (wúmíngzhǐ)
* 無指 / 无指 (wúzhǐ)
* 無指望 / 无指望
* 物價指數 / 物价指数
* 生產指數 / 生产指数
* 發蹤指示 / 发踪指示
* 白指病
* 目指氣使 / 目指气使
* 直指
* 相關指數 / 相关指数
* 瞭如指掌 / 了如指掌 (liǎorúzhǐzhǎng)
* 瞭若指掌 / 了若指掌
* 示指 (shìzhǐ)
* 福利指標 / 福利指标
* 管闚錐指 / 管窥锥指
* 約指 / 约指 (yuēzhǐ)
* 結婚戒指 / 结婚戒指
* 經濟指數 / 经济指数
* 經濟指標 / 经济指标
* 繞指柔 / 绕指柔
* 纖指 / 纤指
* 美工指導 / 美工指导
* 股價指數 / 股价指数 (gǔjià zhǐshù)
* 藝術指導 / 艺术指导
* 蘭花指 / 兰花指 (lánhuāzhǐ)
* 言近指遠 / 言近指远
* 詘指 / 诎指
* 趨舍指湊 / 趋舍指凑
* 輪指 / 轮指
* 迅指
* 巡指間 / 巡指间
* 針指 / 针指 (zhēnzhǐ)
* 錐指 / 锥指
* 鑿空指鹿 / 凿空指鹿
* 電腦指令 / 电脑指令
* 領先指標 / 领先指标
* 頤指 / 颐指
* 頤指氣使 / 颐指气使 (yízhǐqìshǐ)
* 頤指進退 / 颐指进退
* 頭髮上指 / 头发上指
* 顧指 / 顾指
* 食指 (shízhǐ)
* 食指大動 / 食指大动 (shízhǐdàdòng)
* 食指浩繁
* 首屈一指 (shǒuqūyīzhǐ)
* 駢拇枝指 / 骈拇枝指
* 髮上指冠 / 发上指冠
* 髮指 / 发指 (fàzhǐ)
* 髮指眥裂 / 发指眦裂
* 魯肅指囷 / 鲁肃指囷
* 點指畫字 / 点指画字

### Descendants

* → Thai: ชี้ (chíi, “to point”)

### References

* William Campbell (1913) A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC.
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “指”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 309.
* “指”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kun: ゆび (yubi, 指, Jōyō)、さす (sasu, 指す, Jōyō)
* Nanori: むね (mune)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 指
* ゆび Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *oyonpE.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ゆび [yùbíꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [jɯ̟bʲi]

### Noun

指(ゆび) • (yubi) (counter 本)
* a finger (including thumb)
* 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 38:指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比Finger The Tangyun calls it a finger, sound shi, [Japanese] yubi, commonly called oyobi
(alternative reading hiragana および, rōmaji oyobi)
* a finger
* 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 38:指 唐韵云、指. 音旨、由比、俗云於與比Finger The Tangyun calls it a finger, sound shi, [Japanese] yubi, commonly called oyobi

#### Derived terms

* 親(おや)指(ゆび) (oyayubi): thumb
* 人(ひと)差(さ)し指(ゆび) (hitosashiyubi): forefinger, index finger
* 中(なか)指(ゆび) (nakayubi): long finger, middle finger
* 薬(くすり)指(ゆび) (kusuriyubi): ring finger, medical finger, the third finger (UK), the fourth finger (US)
* 小(こ)指(ゆび) (koyubi): little finger, ear-finger, pinkie
* 指(ゆび)関(かん)節(せつ) (yubikansetsu): knuckle, finger joint
* 足(あし)指(ゆび) (ashiyubi), 足(あし)の指(ゆび) (ashi no yubi): toe

### References

* Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX). Recorded as Middle Korean 지〮 (cí) (Yale: ci) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 指 (eumhun 손가락 지 (son'garak ji))
* hanja form of 지 (“finger”)

#### Compounds

* 소지 (小指, soji)
* 약지 (藥指, yakji)
* 지도 (指導, jido)
* 지령 (指令, jiryeong)
* 지목 (指目, jimok)
* 지수 (指數, jisu)
* 지시 (指示, jisi)
* 지적 (指摘, jijeok, “indication; identification”)
* 지휘 (指揮, jihwi, “command; direction”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: いーび (ībi, 指)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔiːbi/

### Noun

指(いーび) (ībi)
* finger

#### Derived terms

* 指(いーび)ぬ先(さち) (ībinusachi, “fingertip”)
* 大(うふ)指(いーび) (ufuībi, “thumb, big toe”)
* 中(なか)指(いーび) (nakaībi, “middle finger”)
* 薬(くすい)指(いーび) (kusuīibi, “ring finger”)
* 差(さ)し指(いーび) (sashīibi), 差(さ)し(ち)指(いーび) (sachīibi, “index finger”)
* 人(っちゅ)差(さ)し指(いーび) (tchusashīibi, “index finger”)
* 均(なら)し指(いーび), 平(なら)し指(いーび) (narashīibi, “ring finger”)
* 指(いーび)小(んぐゎー), 指(いーび)子(んぐゎー), 指(いーび)んぐゎー (ībingwā, “little finger, pinkie”)

## Southern Amami Ōshima
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

### Noun

指(っいぃーび) ('yībi)
* finger

## Vietnamese
### Han character

指: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ, xỉ, chỏ
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.