The kanji 寸: meaning, readings and stroke order

寸

Meaning: inch, a little
On reading: スン sun
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 3
Radical: 寸 thumb, inch
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tấc, một chút (thốn)
Japanese: むかしのながさのたんい。すこし。
Korean: 치, 조금 (촌)
Chinese: 寸、一点点

Readings, words and example sentences

スン sun · on reading

寸すん前ぜん
just before
ゴール寸すん前ぜんでぬかれました。
Someone passed me just before the finish line.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.