手しゅ指し消しょう毒どく

also: てゆびしょうどく

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Meanings

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noun

hand sanitization; hand disinfection

Refers to the act of disinfecting hands, often with alcohol-based solutions. Common in medical, food-service, and public health contexts.

病びょう院いんに入はいる前まえに手しゅ指し消しょう毒どくをしてください。

Please sanitize your hands before entering the hospital.

手しゅ指し消しょう毒どく用ようのアルコールが入いり口ぐちに置おいてある。

Alcohol for hand sanitization is placed at the entrance.

Kanji

手hand
指finger, point to, indicate
消extinguish, blow out, turn off
毒poison, virus, venom

Related words

手て洗あらい
手洗い means hand washing with soap and water, while 手指消毒 specifically refers to disinfection, often using alcohol-based sanitizers.
消しょう毒どく
消毒 is a general term for disinfection or sterilization, applicable to objects and surfaces as well as hands. 手指消毒 narrows the scope to hands/fingers.

Word family

手しゅ指し消しょう毒どく剤ざい
hand sanitizer

Written forms

手指消毒
- しゅししょうどく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading しゅししょうどく is the most common.
- てゆびしょうどく
  Alternate reading using kun'yomi for 手指; less common but sometimes encountered.
てゆびしょうどく

Etymology

Compound of 手指 (hand/finger) and 消毒 (disinfection). The reading しゅししょうどく uses on'yomi for both parts, while てゆびしょうどく mixes kun'yomi for 手指 with on'yomi for 消毒.