寸
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
cùn cun4
- a unit of length
- inch
- thumb
Example sentences
- My gloves are size medium.
HSK words with 寸
More words with 寸
- 头寸 tóucùn (finance) cash position; position
- 寸头 cùntóu (male hair style) crew cut
- 市寸 shìcùn cun (Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ decimeter)
- 公寸 gōngcùn decimeter
- 寸口 cùnkǒu location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
- 方寸 fāngcùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
- 板寸 bǎncùn buzz cut (hairstyle)
- 英寸 yīngcùn inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
- 寸阴 cùnyīn a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
- 寸脉 cùnmài pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)