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): [na̠na̠ɕijɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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