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吋

cùn

Character

What 吋 means

1. inch (English)

Example sentences

• 我差不多五呎十一吋。
  I'm almost five eleven.

Characters built on 寸

These share the phonetic component 寸 (cùn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 村cūnvillage; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish
• 寻xúnto search; to look for; to seek
• 尊zūnsenior; of a senior generation; to honor
• 忖cǔnto ponder; to speculate; to consider

Sounds the same

Read cùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 寸a unit of length; inch; thumb