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Translingual
Stroke order
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
Appendix:Chinese radical/寸
付 , 吋 , 𢁜 , 忖 , 𢩭 , 𰛇 , 𤜮 , 过 , 时 , 村 , 𬉴 , 肘 , 𥘑 , 𤰥 , 𬑺 , 衬 , 籿 , 紂 (纣 ), 耐 , 䖞 , 𫵛 , 䙸 , 討 (讨 ), 𧲣 , 𧴫 , 𧺘 , 𫏀 , 𨊭 , 酎 , 屗 , 𨥇 , 𩈃 , 𠷻 , 𢰙 , 𭹝 , 𩲅 , 𪡮 , 𬶾 , 𮮿 , 𣟑
刌 , 𨙯 , 夺 , 守 , 寺 , 𬁟 , 𬂝 , 𰛋 , 𥃷 , 𮄧 , 䒭 , 𦏽 , 𦥘 , 䙷 , 𮙮 , 辱 , 𡨎 , 奪 , 𫷦 , 疛 , 団 , 埓 , 㷉 , 𡁷
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
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
村
*sʰuːn
忖
*sʰuːnʔ
刌
*sʰuːnʔ
寸
*sʰuːns
Shuowen considered it 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 .
However, it may be an abbreviated form of 尊 (zūn ), borrowed to mean a unit of measurement (see: 李轶.先秦度量单位"尺""寸"用字考.云南师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版), 2010, 42(5).DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1000-5110.2010.05.017.)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : cùn (cun4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄘㄨㄣˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : cen4
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : цун (cun, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : cyun3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : tun1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : cun3
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : chhun
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : cun4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : cung3
Northern Min (KCR ) : cho̿ng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : chóng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : chhùn / chhǹg
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : cung3
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 tshen
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : cen4
Note :
chhùn - literary;
chhǹg - vernacular.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
寸
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
cùn
Middle Chinese
‹ tshwonH ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁu-s/
English
thumb; inch
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
寸
Reading #
1/1
No.
1913
Phonetic component
寸
Rime group
文
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
寸
Old Chinese
/*sʰuːns/
Definitions
寸
( 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
分 (fēn , “1 ⁄ 10 cun”)
尺 (chǐ , “10 cun”)
Compounds
Descendants
Old Uyghur: tswn ( tsun )
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 ).
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
寸
( Cantonese ) Alternative form of 串
References
Japanese
Kanji
寸
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 寸 (MC tshwonH ).
Pronunciation
Noun
寸( すん ) • (sun )
a Japanese measurement of length equivalent to 10 分 ( bu ) or approximately 3.03 cm
( by extension ) a length , measurement
shortness , fewness
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Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Affix
寸( すん ) • (sun )
sun ( measurement of length )
( by extension ) length , measurement
minimal , negligible
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Japanese .
Suffix
寸( き ) • (-ki )
( archaic ) unit used in ancient times to measure lengths of horses
Derived terms
References
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 寸 (MC tshwonH ).
Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun , 1448
촌〮 (Yale : chwón )
Middle Korean
Text
Eumhun
Gloss (hun )
Reading
Hunmong Jahoe , 1527
ᄆᆞᄃᆡ (Yale : mòtòy )
촌〯 (Yale : chwǒn )
Pronunciation
(SK Standard /Seoul ) IPA (key ) : Phonetic hangul: Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource
寸 (eumhun 마디 촌 ( madi chon ) )
hanja form? of 촌 ( “ degree of kinship ” )
Compounds
Compounds
삼촌 (三寸 , samchon )
사촌 (四寸 , sachon )
오촌 (五寸 , ochon )
육촌 (六寸 , yukchon )
촌지 (寸志 , chonji )
촌수 (寸數 , chonsu , “number of degrees of kinship”)
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Okinawan
Kanji
寸
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Cognate with mainland Japanese 寸 ( sun ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
寸( しん ) (shin ) ←すぃん ( sin ) ?
a measurement of length equivalent to 10 分 ( bu ) or approximately 3.03 cm
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Old Japanese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Suffix
寸 (-ki(?) ) (kana き )
ancient measurement of length equivalent to the modern Japanese sun or approximately 3.03 cm
Descendants
Vietnamese
Han character
寸 : Hán Việt readings: thốn [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
寸 : Nôm readings: thốn [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] , xốn [ 2] [ 3] , thổn [ 1] , dón [ 3] , són [ 3] , thuỗn [ 3]
chữ Hán form of thốn ( “ cun , a unit of length” ) .
References