薬指

Japanese

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

Etymology

薬 (kusuri, “medicine”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) くすりゆび [kùsúꜜrìyùbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
- IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝsɨᵝɾʲijɯ̟ᵝbʲi]

Noun

薬指 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 藥指, hiragana くすりゆび, rōmaji kusuriyubi)

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)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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