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hour_hand

hour hand

English

Noun

hour hand ‎(plural hour hands)

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

Synonyms

little hand

Translations

hand of clock

Chinese:
Mandarin: 小時針, 小时针 ‎(xiǎoshí zhēn), 小針 (zh), 小针 (zh) ‎(xiǎozhēn)
Finnish: tuntiosoitin (fi), tuntiviisari (fi)
French: petite aiguille f
German: Stundenzeiger (de) m
Hungarian: óramutató (hu)
Irish: snáthaid bheag f

Japanese: 時針 ‎(じしん, jishin), 短針 (ja) ‎(たんしん, tanshin)
Portuguese: ponteiro das horas m
Russian: часова́я стре́лка (ru) f ‎(časovája strélka), ма́ленькая стре́лка f ‎(málenʹkaja strélka)
Spanish: manecilla f
Swedish: timvisare (sv) c
Turkish: akrep (tr)

See also

minute hand