食指

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Chinese[edit]

 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
finger; to point; to direct
finger; to point; to direct; to indicate
trad. (食指)
simp. #(食指)

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (27) (23)
Final () (134) (17)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter zyik tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑɨk̚/ /t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑɨk̚/ /t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑiek̚/ /t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑik̚/ /cjiX/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiək̚/ /t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭək̚/ /t͡ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ək̚/ /t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shí zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sik6 zi2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shí zhǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ zyik › ‹ tsyijX ›
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
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 11477 17325
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljɯɡ/ /*kjiʔ/

Noun[edit]

食指

  1. index finger
  2. mouths to feed

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (食指):
  • Japanese: (しょく)() (shokushi)

Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
しょく
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Chinese 食指 (shízhǐ). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(しょく)() (shokushiしよくし (syokusi)?

  1. an index finger; a forefinger
Idioms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN