Kanji1 / 9
指 kanji
finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
ゆびさす-さし
Words with 指
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —指圧shiatsu; acupressure; form of Japanese finger-pressure therapy
- —指向being orientated (towards); pointing (towards); directing (towards); directional (e.g. microphone); -oriented
- —指弾criticism; blame; rejection; disdain; contempt; flick (of the finger)
- —指南instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
- —食指index finger; forefinger
- —拇指thumb; pollex
- —十指the ten fingers
- —指呼beckoning
- —運指fingering
- —指頭fingertip
- —環指ring finger
- —繊指woman's slender fingers
- —指事logogram; indicative; character depicting an abstract idea
- —指骨phalanx; phalange
- —指板fingerboard; fretboard; finger plate
- —欠指ectrodactyly
- —多指polydactyly; polydactylism; hyperdactyly
- —示指index finger; forefinger
- —弾指snapping the fingers (esp. by striking the side of the middle finger with the thumb; to indicate consent, joy, a warning, etc.); moment; instant; criticism; shunning; rejection
- —指間between the fingers (of the hand); interdigit; between the toes