中指 (Nakayubi): Middle Toe, Third Toe

Meaning

English

middle toe
third toe
middle finger
long finger
second finger
tall finger

Reading

Kana

なかゆび

Romaji

nakayubi

Writing Variants

中指ちゅうし chuushi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 545 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

中断

ちゅうだん

interruption

中退

ちゅうたい

leaving school during a term

中絶

ちゅうぜつ

abortion

中流

ちゅうりゅう

mid-stream

中途

ちゅうと

halfway

中庭

なかにわ

courtyard

中性

ちゅうせい

neuter gender

中和

ちゅうわ

neutralization

中部

ちゅうぶ

Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

中期

ちゅうき

medium-term

中原

ちゅうげん

middle of a field

中南米

ちゅうなんべい

Central and South America

Example Sentences

3

中指が一番長いです。

The middle finger is the longest.

トムは今日校長に中指を立てました。

Tom gave the middle finger to the principal today.

指は、親指から「親指」「人差し指」「中指」「薬指」「小指」と言います。

Starting from the thumb, your fingers are called the "thumb", "index finger", "middle finger", "ring finger", and "pinky".