The raised pinky comes from the Japanese folk belief in "en" (縁), which usually gets translated as "fate" or "karma." But en is a little more complicated than that. It's something like pre-destination, but only applying to the people that you meet in life.
Yubitsume (指詰め, "finger shortening") or otoshimae is a Japanese ritual to atone for offenses to another, a way to be punished or to show sincere apology and remorse to another, by means of amputating portions of one's own little finger.
The word "pinkie" is derived from the Dutch word pink, meaning "little finger". The earliest recorded use of the term "pinkie" is from Scotland in 1808.
Pointing the finger is considered rude in Japanese culture because the person pointing is associated with explicitly calling out the other individual for their wrong behavior or actions.
Also in Japan, holding up a pinky while speaking of two people signifies that they are in a relationship. This pinky substitution is considered vulgar and old-fashioned, however, in some anime scenes is intentionally used to enhance its silliness.
In China, sticking the pinkie at someone is also a rude gesture; it's a gesture of belittling the other party, indicating the other party as useless or if it's a guy, the gesture is also used to belittle he's manhood.
This full-body gesture is also used as "OK" in Japan where the single-handed gesture connotes monetary transactions instead of meaning "OK". This two-armed OK gesture was added to Unicode in 2010 under the name "Face With OK Gesture" (U+1F646 "?") and became part of Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
The ?emoji expresses extreme contempt or even hate.
Showing someone or something your middle finger is giving them a clear sign that you dislike them and/or do not find them worthy of your respect. It is meant to offend and insult.
In China, giving the pinky finger isn't equivalent to giving the middle finger. However, giving the pinky finger is a form of offence, albeit a small offence . If there was a scale, giving the pink finger would be a 1 and the middle finger a 10.
? I Love You Gesture emoji
The love-you gesture or I love you hand sign emoji is the American Sign Language gesture for “I love you,” showing a hand with a raised index finger and pinky (little) finger and an extended thumb.
To make a pinky promise, or pinky swear, is a traditional gesture most commonly practiced amongst children involving the locking of the pinkies of two people to signify that a promise has been made. The gesture is taken to signify that the person can break the finger of the one who broke the promise.
Koreans make the pinky promise frequently when promising anything. This hand sign indicates that two people should cross their little fingers. It expresses the chain of promises between you and me.
It might seem like a rude gesture to us - but giving someone 'the finger' simply means 'brother' when you put it into the context of Japanese Sign Language. Sticking up one middle finger is translated as 'ani' or 兄 which means 'older brother'.
In Japan, the pinky promise is known as yubikiri genman (指切りげんまん), which translates to finger-cutting.
The word koibito (こいびと) in Japanese literally translates to “love person” in English, and refers to someones' lover, boyfriend, or girlfriend. When Japanese lightly refer to a boyfriend or girlfriend, they often stick out their pinky finger and point to it. This gesture indicates a lover or significant other!
Three fingers to the palm indicates “three” and so on.
Do not touch, hug, lock arms, back slap or make any body contact. Clicking fingers or whistling is considered very rude. Never put your feet on a desk or a chair. Never gesture or pass an object with your feet.
It comes from the fact that cultured people would eat their tea goodies with three fingers and commoners would hold the treats with all five fingers. Thus was born the misguided belief that one should raise their pinky finger to show they were cultured. Tuck that pinky finger in.”
ਵਿਚਕਾਰਲੀ ਉਂਗਲ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਦੇ ਹੱਥ ਦੀ ਤੀਜੀ ਉਂਗਲ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਆਮ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਇਹ ਹੱਥ ਦੀ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਉਂਗਲ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। Also see "Middle finger" on Wikipedia.
bad girl (plural bad girls) (slang) A female criminal. A woman whose rebellious nature makes her attractive. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, girl.
An O mark, known as marujirushi (丸印) or maru (丸) in Japan and gongpyo (공표(空標), ball mark) in Korea, is the name of the symbols "◯" or "⭕" used to represent affirmation in East Asia, similar to its Western equivalent of the checkmark ("✓").
If you take a leaf through a Japanese dictionary, the first definition of deku you'll find is simply “puppet” or “wooden puppet”.
The use of wwww to represent laughing comes from the Japanese wara (笑), “to laugh.” With the rise of text-messaging and the internet in the 1990s–2000s, Japanese users adapted the kanji 笑 to denote laughter, similar to LOL. People eventually found it easier, though, to use the letter w, from the romaji of 笑, wara.
The thumb represents your parents. The index finger represents your siblings. The middle finger represents yourself. The ring finger represents your life partner. The little finger/pinky represents your children.