Character: 指
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: kijʔ
Classic Old Chinese: kíj
Western Han Chinese: kjǝ́j
Eastern Han Chinese: kjǝ́j
Early Postclassic Chinese: kjíj
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kjíj
Late Postclassic Chinese: kjí
Middle Chinese: ćí
English meaning : to point
Russian meaning[s]: 1) палец; 2) показывать; указывать; иметь в виду; 3) опираться на...; полагаться на...; зависеть от...; 4) определять, назначать; направлять; 5) план; стремление; 6) значение, смысл; 7) см. 旨
Comments: Hsieh-sheng and initial ć- < *k- point to an *-i-vowel in OC; however, the only Shijing rhyme (51.1) points rather to *-ǝjʔ, and hence, *tǝjʔ. Not quite clear.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 1581
Karlgren code: 0552 f
Vietnamese reading: chi`
Jianchuan Bai: -ci1
Dali Bai: -ci1-
Bijiang Bai: -čer1-
Shijing occurrences: 51.1_
