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忖

cǔn

Character

What 忖 means

1. to ponder
2. to speculate
3. to consider
4. to guess

Words starting with 忖

• 忖度cǔn duóto speculate; to surmise; to wonder whether
• 忖思cǔn sīto reckon; to consider; to ponder
• 忖量cǔn liàngto turn things over in one's mind; to conjecture; to guess

Words containing 忖

• 思忖sī cǔnto ponder; to reckon; to turn sth over in one's mind
• 自忖zì cǔnto speculate; to ponder

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
• 吋cùninch (English)

Characters that look like 忖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 何héwhat; how; why
• 付fùto pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 竹zhú(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 忡chōnggrieved; distressed; sad

Sounds the same

Read cǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刌(literary) to cut off; to sever