Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small
On:
スン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1669 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寸 【スン】 sun (approx. 3 cm), length, measurement, shortness, tininess
  • 寸前 【スンゼン】 just before, on the verge of, on the brink of, just in front of, just ahead of
  • 原寸 【ゲンスン】 actual size, full size
  • 外寸 【ガイスン】 external dimensions, outer size

Readings

Japanese names:
す、 みき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cun4
Korean:
chon

Spanish

  • longitud
  • medida
  • un poco
  • sólo
  • antigua unidad de medida

Portuguese

  • medição
  • medida valendo pés/ 10

French

  • dimension
  • un peu
  • sun = 3,03 cm (1/10 de shaku)
920 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
909 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1523 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1348 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1045 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
34 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1894 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2070 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
367 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
499 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3652 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2541 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
45 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7411 Morohashi
2935 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372 New Nelson (John Haig)
45 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
45 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
828 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
0a3.17 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-3 SKIP code
4030.0 Four corner code
1-32-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bf8 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
876 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 描写 【ビョウシャ】 depiction, description, portrayal
  • 描画 【ビョウガ】 drawing, painting
  • 線描 【センビョウ】 line drawing
  • 素描 【ソビョウ】 drawing, sketch, outline, summary, synopsis

Kun reading compounds

  • 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
miao2
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • esbozo
  • dibujo
  • composición
  • descripción
  • esbozar
  • dibujar
  • componer
  • describir

Portuguese

  • esboço
  • compor
  • escrever
  • desenhar
  • pintura

French

  • croquis
  • dessiner
  • composer
  • écrire
  • peindre
1741 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
920 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1936 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1489 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1367 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1469 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1566 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
765 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
910 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
591 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
358 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
445 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
677 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12339X Morohashi
488 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2196 New Nelson (John Haig)
670 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
723 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1444 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1376 2001 Kanji
3c8.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5406.0 Four corner code
1-41-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63cf Unicode hex code