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

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 胴 【ドウ】 trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist, plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo), frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship), dealer
  • 胴上げ 【ドウアゲ】 tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
  • 空洞 【クウドウ】 cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, hollow
  • 台胴 【ダイドウ】 dado (part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong4
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • tronco (cuerpo)
  • torso

Portuguese

  • tronco
  • torso
  • casco (navio)
  • cubo de roda

French

  • tronc (du corps)
  • torse
  • coque (bateau)
  • moyeu
1662 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1564 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3767 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1500 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1674 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1300 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1379 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1341 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1032 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1186 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
184 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29436 Morohashi
950 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4810 New Nelson (John Haig)
182 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
194 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1347 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3949 2001 Kanji
4b6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-38-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80f4 Unicode hex code