Phrase guide

hour hand

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: little hand

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: little hand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hand

History

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَقْرَب سَاعَات (ʕaqrab sāʕāt) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Armenian: ժամասլաք (žamaslakʻ) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Belarusian: гадзі́нная стрэ́лка (hadzínnaja strélka) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Bulgarian: ча́сова стрелка́ (čásova strelká) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時針 /时针 (shízhēn) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小針 /小针 (xiǎozhēn) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 短針 /短针 (duǎnzhēn) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Czech: hodinová ručička — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Dutch: uurwijzer — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Finnish: tuntiosoitin — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Finnish: tuntiviisari — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • French: petite aiguille — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • French: aiguille des heures — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • German: Stundenzeiger — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Greek: ωροδείκτης (orodeíktis) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Hungarian: óramutató — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Hungarian: kismutató — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Indonesian: jarum jam — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Irish: snáthaid bheag — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Italian: lancetta delle ore — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Japanese: 時針 (jishin) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Japanese: 短針 (tanshin) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Japanese: 小針 (kobari) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Korean: 시침 (sichim) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Korean: 단침 (danchim) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Korean: 소침 (sochim) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Korean: 짧은바늘 (jjalbeunbaneul) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Maltese: sigħatiera — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Norwegian Bokmål: timeviser — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: timevisar — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Plautdietsch: Stundenwiesa — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Polish: wskazówka godzinowa — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Portuguese: ponteiro das horas — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Portuguese: ponteirinho — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Russian: часова́я стре́лка (časovája strélka) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Russian: ма́ленькая стре́лка (málenʹkaja strélka) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Scottish Gaelic: an spòg bheag — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Slovak: hodinová ručička — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Spanish: manecilla — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Swedish: timvisare — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Tamil: சின்னமுள் (ciṉṉamuḷ) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Turkish: akrep — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Ottoman Turkish: عقرب (ʼakreb) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
  • Ukrainian: годи́нна стрі́лка (hodýnna strílka) — the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour