薬指

Japanese

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Etymology

Kanji in this term
薬	指
くすり Grade: 3	ゆび Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
藥指 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 薬 (kusuri, “medicine”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”).^[1][2][3]

First cited to 1717.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くすりゆび [kùsúríꜜyùbì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊sɨɾʲijɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

薬(くすり)指(ゆび) • (kusuriyubi) 

1. a ring finger

Synonyms

• 紅(べに)差(さ)し指(ゆび) (benisashiyubi)
• 名(な)無(な)し指(ゆび) (nanashiyubi), 無名(ななし)指(ゆび) (nanashiyubi)
• 無(む)名(めい)指(し) (mumeishi)
• 環(かん)指(し) (kanshi)

See also

• 親指(おやゆび) (oyayubi)
• 人差(ひとさ)し指(ゆび) (hitosashiyubi)
• 中指(なかゆび) (nakayubi)
• 小指(こゆび) (koyubi)

References

1. “薬指”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN