寸

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Radical 41 寸

寸 (Kangxi radical 41, 寸+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 木戈 (DI), four-corner 4030₀, composition ⿹𬺰丶)

1. Kangxi radical #41, ⼨.

Derived characters edit

• 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 edit

• す

References edit

• 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

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 寸
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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[J].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 edit

Pronunciation edit

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寸

1. (units of measure) A cun or Chinese inch, a traditional unit of length of about 3 cm.
   1. (Mainland China) Short for 市寸 (shìcùn).
   2. (Hong Kong) Legally defined as the tsun of 3.71475 cm.
2. (informal) Short for 英寸 (yīngcùn, “inch”).
3. (figurative) very short or little
4. (traditional Chinese medicine) cunkou pulse; radial artery pulse at the wrist
5. (Mandarin, colloquial) coincidental; unbelievable; opportune
6. a surname

Coordinate terms edit

• 分 (fēn, “¹⁄₁₀ cun”)
• 尺 (chǐ, “10 cun”)

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

寸

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 串

References edit

• “寸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

• Go-on: すん (sun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そん (son)
• Kun: き (ki)
• Nanori: す (su); みき (miki)

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Chinese 寸 (MC tshwonH).

Pronunciation edit

• (Tokyo) す​ん [súꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun edit

寸(すん) • (sun) 

1. a Japanese measurement of length equivalent to 10 分 (bu) or approximately 3.03 cm
2. (by extension) a length, measurement
3. shortness, fewness
4. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Coordinate terms edit

• 分(ぶ) (bu)
• 尺(しゃく) (shaku)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

• English: sun

Affix edit

寸(すん) • (sun) 

1. sun (measurement of length)
2. (by extension) length, measurement
3. minimal, negligible

Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Japanese.

Suffix edit

寸(き) • (-ki) 

1. (archaic) unit used in ancient times to measure lengths of horses

Derived terms edit

• 八(や)寸(き) (yaki)

References edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 寸 (MC tshwonH).

Pronunciation edit

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [촌(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

寸

Wikisource

寸 (eumhun 마디 촌 (madi chon))

1. Hanja form^? of 촌 (“degree of kinship”). [noun]

Compounds edit

References edit

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

• On (unclassified): しん (shin)^{←すぃん (sin, historical)}

Etymology edit

Cognate with mainland Japanese 寸 (sun).

Pronunciation edit

• (Shuri-Naha) し​ん [shíꜜn] (Kakō - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɴ]

Noun edit

寸(しん) (shin) ^{←すぃん (sin)?}

1. a measurement of length equivalent to 10 分 (bu) or approximately 3.03 cm

Coordinate terms edit

• 分(ぶ) (bu)
• 尺(しゃく) (shaku)

Derived terms edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix edit

寸 (-ki_(?)) (kana き)

1. ancient measurement of length equivalent to the modern Japanese sun or approximately 3.03 cm

Descendants edit

• Japanese: 寸 (-ki)

Han character edit

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]

1. chữ Hán form of thốn (“cun, a unit of length”).

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