名無し指

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名 無 指
な
Grade: 1 		な
Grade: 4 		ゆび
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
無名指 (less common)

Etymology

Calque of Middle Chinese 無名指 (“unnamed finger”), equivalent to 名無し (nanashi, “unnamed, nameless”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ななしゆび [nànáshíꜜyùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠na̠ɕijɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

名(な)無(な)し指(ゆび) • (nanashiyubi) 

  1. synonym of 薬指 (kusuriyubi, “ring finger”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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