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Kanji Detail for 寸 - "small, unit of length, moment"

寸

  • Meaning

    寸 means "small, unit of length, moment."

    1. Inch - A small unit of length.

    2. Small - Little; slight.

    3. Moment - A brief time; an instant.

  • Words using 寸

    • 寸前 すんぜん Listen just before; on the verge of; on the brink of
    • 寸法 すんぽう Listen measurement; size; extent
    • 寸断 すんだん Listen cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

  • Four-character idioms with 寸

    • 九寸五分 くすんごぶ Listen dagger
    • 寸善尺魔 すんぜんしゃくま Listen in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen
    • 寸進尺退 すんしんしゃくたい Listen one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose
    • 舌先三寸 したさきさんずん Listen eloquence or flattery designed to deceive

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    • Verified meaning: small, unit of length, moment
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    measurement; tenth of a shaku; a little; small

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    inch; small, tiny; Kangxi radical 41

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    a unit of length; inch; thumb

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    inch; small, tiny

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A measure. Ten 分 make one 寸. Ten 寸 make one 尺. | Metaphor for small. Such as 寸步難行, 寸陰可惜.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sun(スン) スン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    3 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    寸 (sun)

  • Related Keywords

    unit of length small moment inch brief compact dimension instant little measure miniature minor minute petite short slight tiny

Sentences including 寸

  • The plane was about to take off.

  • A good idea came across her mind at the last moment.

  • She almost passed out.

  • Cut this into very fine pieces.

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