Meaning

Primary

Thumb

Alternative

Big Toe

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Your parent finger is your thumb! It's bigger than your other fingers, so that means it's in charge too! This goes for the fingers on your feet too, I mean, your toes. So the parent toe is your big toe.

Reading

おやゆび
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word uses the kun'yomi readings from both kanji, probably because it includes body parts. You know them both already, so now you know this too!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 親指の先

    the tip of one's thumb

    親指のツメ

    thumbnail

    親指の付け根

    base of the thumb

Context Sentences

親指を放してくれ!

Let go of my thumb!

うちの家族は全員親指にホクロがあります。

Everyone in my family has a mole on their thumb.

足の親指にイボができました。

I got a wart on my big toe.

Kanji Composition