紅差し指

Japanese
Kanji in this term
紅 差 指
べに
Grade: 6		 さ
Grade: 4		 ゆび
Grade: 3

Etymology

Compound of 紅 (beni, “crimson (color); rouge (makeup)”) +‎ 差し (sashi, “applying, putting on”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 差す sasu, “to put on, to apply”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”). From the common practice of applying rouge using one's fourth or ring finger.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

紅差し指 (hiragana べにさしゆび, rōmaji benisashiyubi)

  1. Synonym of 薬指: ring finger

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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