寸 – measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little

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The kanji 寸 means measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スン (sun). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 寸 (no. 41).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スン	sun

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 寸 (Kangxi radical 41).

Words using 寸

寸法すんぽうmeasurement

Example sentences

あなたの寸法を計るのを許して下さい。

Please allow me to measure you.

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Kanji with the same radical

対導専将寺射封尊寿尋

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