指
指 — ji
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 가리킬 지
- Romanization
- ji
- English
- finger, toe; point, indicate
- Mandarin
- zhǐ
- Japanese on'yomi
- シ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ゆび さ.す -さ.し
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #155 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 手 (64, 6 residual)
- Unicode
- U+6307
Parts that make up 指
How 指 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 指 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 旨.
Korean example words with 指
- 파지把指 Korean gloss: 손으로 쥠
- 지로指路 Korean gloss: 길을 가리켜 인도함
- 지정指定 Korean gloss: 가리키어 확실하게 정함
- 지탄指彈 Korean gloss: 잘못을 지적하여 비난함
- 식지食指 Korean gloss: 다섯 손가락 가운데 둘째 손가락
- 약지藥指 Korean gloss: 다섯 손가락 가운데 넷째 손가락
- 염지鹽指 Korean gloss: 다섯 손가락 가운데 둘째 손가락
- 운지運指 Korean gloss: 악기를 연주할 때에 손가락을 씀
- 인지人指 Korean gloss: 다섯 손가락 가운데 둘째 손가락
- 지요指要 Korean gloss: 말이나 글 따위에서 핵심이 되는 중요한 내용
- 지향指向 Korean gloss: 작정하거나 지정한 방향으로 나아감. 또는 그 방향
- 지환指環 Korean gloss: 주로 여자가 장식으로 손가락에 끼는 두 짝의 고리
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 指
- 指導しどう guidance; leadership; instruction
- 指揮しき command; direction; supervision
- 指定してい designation; specification; assignment
- 指名しめい naming; nominating; designating
- 指示しじ indication; denotation; designation
- 指摘してき pointing out; identification
- 指数しすう index; index number; indicator
- 指標しひょう index; indices; indicator
- 指ゆび finger; toe; digit
- 指針ししん needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator
- 指令しれい order; directive; instructions
- 指揮者しきしゃ (musical) conductor; commander; leader
Other hanja read “지”
Other hanja with radical 手
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences