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寸 (cùn): cun, Chinese inch

Stroke Order & Writing

HSK 6classifier

Character info

Pinyin
Meaning
cun, Chinese inch
Characters
1
Part of speech
classifier
HSK level
HSK 6
Strokes
3
Radical
寸
Structure
独体结构

Full definitions

Meanings grouped by pronunciation.

  • a unit of length
  • inch
  • thumb

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3 strokes

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Example sentences

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This ruler is thirty cun long.

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His wound is only one cun long.

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An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.

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Please cut the wooden board into one-cun-thick planks.

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She moved forward one cun.

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