吋

See also: 寸

吋 U+540B, 吋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540B ← 吊 [U+540A] CJK Unified Ideographs 同 → [U+540C]

Translingual

Han character

吋 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口木戈 (RDI), four-corner 6400₀, composition ⿰口寸)

Derived characters

• 壽 夀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 175, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3292
• Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 577, character 3
• Unihan data for U+540B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吋

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùn (cun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴
    • Yale: tswùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenn
    • Palladius: цунь (cunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun³
    • Yale: chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùn
    • Tâi-lô: tshùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun²¹/

Definitions

吋

1. Synonym of 英寸 (yīngcùn, “inch”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòu
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴
    • Yale: dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
    • Palladius: доу (dou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

吋

1. ^† to scold

Japanese

Kanji

吋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: インチ (inchi)

Noun

吋(インチ) • (inchi) 

1. インチ: inch

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana, as インチ.

Korean

Hanja

吋 • (chon) (hangeul 촌, revised chon, McCune–Reischauer ch'on)

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