字の旅2,200 years in two forms
Small seal · QinQin · 221 BCE說文‧寸部
Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
寸
寸 inch, (2.25 cm)
すん sun
3 strokesRadical of 9 kanjiPart of 25
Your ink in 寸0% painted · 0 of 9 familiar
Origin · sourced
Other
Source: Wiktionary, 寸 (rev. 92746420), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Measure it out! Imagine a steady hand marking off a tiny distance with care. This radical is the spirit of measurement, precision, and the small rules that hold things together. When you see it, think of a "bit" of something, a tiny unit, or the careful management of a task through "inch-by-inch" progress.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates small measurements (inches), precision, law/duty (as laws are "measured" out), ritual, or the concept of a small but significant detail.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 寸, with sourced origins
- 尊reveredソン · たっとい
酋 + 寸
Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意): 酋 (“wine”) + 寸 (“hand”) – a hand 寸 offering a vessel of wine 酋 to show respect and veneration.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 導guidanceドウ · みちびく
一覧
Every kanji with 寸 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 9 kanji