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

References

KangXi: page 175, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3292

Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: 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
Min Nan (POJ): chhùn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ
  - Wade–Giles: ts'un⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenn
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun³
  - Yale: chyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰyːn³³/
Min Nan
- (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

Synonym of 英寸 (yīngcùn, “inch”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dòu (dou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˋ
  - Wade–Giles: tou⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dow
  - IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

吋

^† to scold

Japanese

Kanji

吋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

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

Noun

吋 (katakana インチ, rōmaji inchi)

インチ: inch

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana, as katakana.

Korean

Hanja

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

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