Jisho

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寸

3 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch 寸
Parts:
寸
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

隙

13 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
小 阡 日
Variants:
隟
crevice, fissure, discord, opportunity, leisure
Kun:
すき、 す.く、 す.かす、 ひま
On:
ゲキ、 キャク、 ケキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隙 【ゲキ】 gap, opening, space, opportunity (to take advantage of), chance, discord, disagreement
  • 細隙 【サイゲキ】 slit, interstice, narrow aperture
  • 空隙 【クウゲキ】 vacant space, aperture, gap, opening

Kun reading compounds

  • 隙 【すき】 gap, opening, room, space, break, interval, spare moment, spare time, unguarded moment, carelessness, weak spot, chink in one's armor, flaw, fault, chance, opportunity
  • 隙間 【すきま】 gap, opening, aperture, crevice, crack, chink, space, spare moment, interval, break, unguarded moment, carelessness, chink in one's armor, weak spot
  • 隙 【ひま】 gap, opening, space
  • 暇人 【ひまじん】 person with a lot of free time on their hands, person of leisure, idler, loafer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi4
Korean:
geug

Spanish

  • grieta
  • hendidura
  • fisura
  • tiempo libre
  • ocio
  • negligencia
  • dejadez

Portuguese

French

5017 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
826 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41792 Morohashi
670 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6471 New Nelson (John Haig)
2426 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1394 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
7929.6 Four corner code
1-23-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9699 Unicode hex code