名無し指
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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名 | 無 | 指 |
な Grade: 1 |
な Grade: 4 |
ゆび Grade: 3 |
kun'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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無名指 (less common) |
Etymology
[edit]Calque of Middle Chinese 無名指 (“unnamed finger”), equivalent to 名無し (nanashi, “unnamed, nameless”) + 指 (yubi, “finger”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]名無し指 • (nanashiyubi)
- Synonym of 薬指 (kusuriyubi, “ring finger”)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 名 read as な
- Japanese terms spelled with 無 read as な
- Japanese terms spelled with 指 read as ゆび
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms calqued from Middle Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Fingers