# 食指
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shízhǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄓˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si$^2$ zi$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^6$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-chí
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zeq-tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shízhǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$-chih$^3$
*** Yale: shŕ-jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjyy
*** Palladius: шичжи (šičži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: si$^2$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sz
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^6$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: sihk jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^9$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^6$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚² t͡siː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-chí
*** Tâi-lô: si̍t-tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sidcie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$zeq-tsy
*** MiniDict: zeh$^入$ tsy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$zeq-tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zəʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/
* Middle Chinese: zyik tsyijX
Rime :
| Character | 食 | 指 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 乗力切 | 職雉切 |
| Baxter | zyik | tsyijX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑɨk̚/ | /t͡ɕˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑɨk̚/ | /t͡ɕᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑiek̚/ | /t͡ɕiɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑik̚/ | /cji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiək̚/ | /t͡ɕji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭək̚/ | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/ | /t͡ɕi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shí | zhǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^6$ | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-lək mə.kijʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯɡ kjiʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 食 | 指 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shí | zhǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zyik › | ‹ tsyij$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-lək/ | /*mə.kijʔ/ |
| English | eat | 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 | 食 | 指 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11477 | 17325 |
| Phonetic component | 食 | 旨 |
| Rime group | 職 | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 旨 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljɯɡ/ | /*kjiʔ/ |

### Noun

食指
* index finger
* mouths to feed

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 食指, 示指 Mainland China |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 二拇哥, 二拇弟, 二拇指, 二拇手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 食指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 二拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 二拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 二拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 食指, 二拇弟, 二拇娘, 二拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 食指, 二拇指, 二拇哥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 食指, 二拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 食指, 二拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 食指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 食指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 二拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 二末手指頭, 二拇指, 二拇指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭, 二拇哥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 二拇弟 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 二拇指頭兒, 二拇弟 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 二拇指, 食指, 二拇指頭, 二門指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 食指, 二拇指頭, 二拇指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 二拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 二拇指頭, 食指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 二拇指頭兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 二面手圪頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 二末指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 二拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 二拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 二拇指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 二拇指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 二拇嘎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 二拇指頭, 食指, 二拇指弟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 二指拇兒, 食指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 二拇指兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 食指, 二指甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 食指, 二指拇, 二指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 食指, 二拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 二指媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吃指, 糧指, 食指, 二拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 二拇指, 二指抹頭, 二指頭, 二馬指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 二拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 食指, 二拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 二指丫兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 拈食指 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 手指公 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 雞公指, 雞公 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 扁二指, 點鹽指 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 二指 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 食指, 二指 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 食指 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 食指 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 二拇指頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 二手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 第二隻手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 二手指 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 二指 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 手指嫲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 二手指, 食指 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蛇頭指, 指人指, 拈食指 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 指人指, 拈食指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蛇頭指, 拈食指 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 食指, 指人指, 蛇頭指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蛇頭指, 指人指, 拈食指 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 第二指 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 食指 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 拈食指 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 食指 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 食指 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 二拇指頭 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 二拇指頭兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 二拇指頭 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 二拇指頭 |
| Jin | Linhe | 食指, 二拇指, 二拇指頭子 |
| Jin | Jining | 二拇指頭 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 二拇哥兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 二拇指頭 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 食指 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 二拇指 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 二拇哥兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 二拇指頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 雞角指, 雞母指 humorous |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 雞角指, 食指 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 雞角指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 雞指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 雞指 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 食指 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 二指, 指指 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 報路 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 二指, 指指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 指指, 二指, 第二指 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 二指, 指指 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 二指 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 指指 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 食指 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 雞指 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 雞指 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 雞指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 第二指 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 戳鹽手囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 第二手囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 舉天 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 食指 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 二指 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 食指 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 第二個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 食指, 雞節頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 二節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 指人節頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 二拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 食指 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 食指 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 指天指 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 食指, 點鹽指 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 二指腦, 二指拇 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 二手指腦 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 二手腦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 食指 |

#### Derived terms

* 食指大動／食指大动 (shízhǐdàdòng)
* 食指浩繁

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 食(しょく)指(し) (shokushi)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 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

* (Tokyo) しょくし [shóꜜkùshì] (Atamadaka –)
* (Tokyo) しょくし [shòkúshí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕo̞kɯ̟̊ɕi]
* Homophones: 食思, 喞子, 職司

#### Noun

食(しょく)指(し) • (shokushi)
* an index finger; a forefinger

##### Idioms

* 食(しょく)指(し)が動(うご)く (shokushi ga ugoku, “feel a strong desire for”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 食 | 指 |
| Grade: 2 | ゆび Grade: 3 |
| irregular ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 食指 – see the following entry. :
| 【人差ひとさし指ゆび】 | [noun] an index finger; a forefinger Alternative spelling 人差指 |
(This term, 食指, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →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