吋

See also: 寸

吋 U+540B, 吋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540B ← 吊 [U+540A] CJK Unified Ideographs 同 → [U+540C]

Translingual

Han character

吋 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口木戈 (RDI), four-corner 6400₀, composition ⿰口寸)

Derived characters

• 𠾉, 𭉠, 𭐖, 壽, 夀, 𡔽, 𭐙, 𬿻, 𠷲, 𭗇, 𭳍, 𮂞, 𱵧, 𲁶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 175, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3292
• Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 577, character 3
• Unihan data for U+540B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吋

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùn (cun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴
    • Yale: tswùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenn
    • Palladius: цунь (cunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cyun³
    • Yale: chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùn
    • Tâi-lô: tshùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰun²¹/

Definitions

吋

1. synonym of 英寸 (yīngcùn, “inch”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dòu
    • Wade–Giles: tou⁴
    • Yale: dòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
    • Palladius: доу (dou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

吋

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to scold

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 吋

吋

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. inch (English unit of measurement)
2. scold

   Synonym: 叱

Readings

• Go-on: ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: インチ (inchi, 吋)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 吋 – see the following entry.

【インチ】 [noun] inch Alternative spelling in

(This term, 吋, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in katakana, as インチ.

The kanji spelling derives from 寸(すん) (sun), which is a unit of measurement approximately equivalent to the inch. This kanji was then affixed with the ⼝ radical, common to a number of such kanji, e.g. 听(ポンド) (pondo) and 噸(トン) (ton).

Korean

Hanja

吋 • (chon) (hangeul 촌, revised chon, McCune–Reischauer ch'on)

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