寸
Translingual
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Han character
寸 (Kangxi radical 41, 寸+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 木戈 (DI), four-corner 40300, composition ⿹𬺰丶)
- Kangxi radical #41, ⼨.
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 293, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7411
- Dae Jaweon: page 581, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 503, character 8
- Unihan data for U+5BF8
Chinese
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Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogram (指事) – a position on the forearm where the pulse can be palpated by compressing the radial artery. It is called 寸口 in modern Chinese and the meaning of a unit of measurement is derived from the distance between the wrist and this position. Compare 又, 手, 九, 爪.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cùn
- Wade–Giles: tsʻun4
- Yale: tswùn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenn
- Palladius: цунь (cunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: cyun3
- Yale: chyun
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn3
- Guangdong Romanization: qun3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰyːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhun
- Hakka Romanization System: cun
- Hagfa Pinyim: cun4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- chhùn - literary;
- chhǹg - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: cung3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshùng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰuŋ²¹³/
- Middle Chinese: tshwonH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ˤu[n]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuːns/
Definitions
- (units of measure) A cun or Chinese inch, a traditional unit of length of about 3 cm.
- (Mainland China) Short for 市寸 (shìcùn).
- (Hong Kong) Legally defined as the tsun of 3.71475 cm.
- (informal) Short for 英寸 (yīngcùn, “inch”).
- (figurative) very short or little
- (traditional Chinese medicine) cunkou pulse; radial artery pulse at the wrist
- (Mandarin, colloquial) coincidental; unbelievable; opportune
- a surname
Coordinate terms
Compounds
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 寸 – see 忖 (“to ponder; to speculate; to think; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 忖). |
Japanese
Kanji
寸
Readings
- Go-on: すん (sun, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: そん (son)
- Kun: はかる (hakaru, 寸る); とき (toki); き (ki)
- Nanori: す (su); みき (miki)
Compounds
Noun
Coordinate terms
Korean
Hanja
Pronunciation 1
寸 • (chon)
- Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 촌 (revised: chon, McCune–Reischauer: ch'on, Yale: chon)
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Pronunciation 2
寸 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)
Pronunciation 3
寸 • (don) (hangeul 돈, revised don, McCune–Reischauer ton, Yale tōn)
Vietnamese
Han character
寸 (thốn, dón, són, thuỗn, xốn)
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