趾
footprint, remains
Readings
On'yomi
- シ
Kun'yomi
- あと
- はや.い
Meaning
趾 centers on a physical trace left behind: a footprint or, more broadly, remains that mark where something once was.
Most common words using 趾
- 交趾コーチン
Cochin (breed of chicken)
- 外反母趾がいはんぼし
hallux valgus; bunion
- 拇趾ぼし
big toe; great toe; hallex
- 母趾外反症ぼしがいはんしょう
hallux valgus; bunion
- 第一趾だいいちし
first toe; big toe; great toe; hallux; hind toe (birds)
- 第三趾だいさんし
middle toe
- 第二趾だいにし
second toe; long toe; inner toe (bird)
- 第五趾だいごし
little toe
- 第四趾だいよんし
fourth toe; ring toe; outer toe (bird)
- 足趾そくし
footprints
- 足趾節そくしせつ
pediphalanx
- 趾行性しこうせい
digitigrade (walking on the toes)
- 趾蹠皮膚炎しせきひふえん
footpad dermatitis (in animals); FPD
- 趾骨しこつ
phalanx (of the foot); phalange
Study
Etymology
趾 combines 足 (foot) with 止, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of stopping or a footprint.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is a foot 足, and the right side 止 looks like a stopped foot. Together they make a footprint left behind.
Reading mnemonic
For シ, imagine a single footprint in the sand: the shape of the print looks like the letter 'C', which sounds like シ.