cùn
(hand), inch
Original meaning:
pulse point on wrist
Pictograph of a hand with a line marking a spot on the wrist. In traditional Chinese medicine this spot on the wrist where the pulse can be taken is called the 寸口.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 寸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.) | ||
inch | ||
size | ||
lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless | ||
money market |
Component uses
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.233-234