寸
寸 — chon
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 마디 촌
- Romanization
- chon
- English
- inch; small, tiny; Kangxi radical 41
- Mandarin
- cùn
- Japanese on'yomi
- スン, ソン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- き とき
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,669 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 寸 (41, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5BF8
Korean example words with 寸
- 촌설寸雪 Korean gloss: 한 치 정도 쌓인 눈
- 구촌九寸 Korean gloss: 삼종 숙질 사이의 촌수
- 촌각寸刻 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 동안의 시간
- 촌보寸步 Korean gloss: 몇 발짝 안 되는 걸음
- 촌시寸時 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 동안의 시간
- 촌음寸陰 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 동안의 시간
- 촌가寸暇 Korean gloss: 얼마 안 되는 짧은 겨를
- 촌극寸隙 Korean gloss: 얼마 안 되는 짧은 겨를
- 촌지寸地 Korean gloss: 얼마 되지 않는 좁은 논밭
- 촌토寸土 Korean gloss: 얼마 되지 않는 좁은 논밭
- 촌철寸鐵 Korean gloss: 작고 날카로운 쇠붙이나 무기
- 팔촌八寸 Korean gloss: 아버지 육촌의 자녀와의 촌수
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 寸
- 寸前すんぜん just before; on the verge of; on the brink of
- 寸法すんぽう measurement; size; extent
- 寸断すんだん cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
- 一寸いっすん one sun (approx. 3 cm); little bit (of time, distance, etc.)
- 寸劇すんげき short play; skit
- 寸すん sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement
- 原寸げんすん actual size; full size
- 寸暇すんか moment's leisure; free minute
- 燐寸マッチ match (for lighting a fire)
- 採寸さいすん taking measurements
- 三寸さんずん three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper
- 寸志すんし small present; small token of appreciation; with compliments (e.g. written on small gift)
Other hanja read “촌”
Other hanja with radical 寸
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