寸
- joint;
- inch (a unit of measurement);
- small/little;
- degree of kinship;
Etymology
It is an ideogram composed of the shape of a hand (又) combined with a single stroke.
This stroke represents the location near the wrist where the pulse is felt.
As a unit of length, 寸 historically referred to the length from the wrist to the pulse point on a person's body, which was used as a standard measurement.
Characters with 寸
11 strokes
14 strokes
Words that derived from 寸
- 사촌(四寸)–cousin
- 삼촌(三寸)–uncle; paternal uncle
- 오촌(五寸)–one's cousin's child; one's father's cousin; one's mother's cousin
- 외삼촌(外三寸)–one's maternal uncle
- 육촌(六寸)–second cousin
- 촌(寸)–A bound noun that serves as a unit to indicate the distance between relatives
- 촌지(寸志)–greeting fee; gift money; (usually a small) bribe
寸
마디
촌
madi
chon
Kangxi radical:41
Strokes:3
Unicode:U+5BF8
Cangjie input:
- 木戈 (DI)
Composition:
- ⿹ 𬺰 丶
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