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 (right side)
すんづくり sunzukuri
3 strokesRadical of 3 kanjiPart of 25
Your ink in 寸0% painted · 0 of 3 familiar
Origin · sourced
Other
Source: Wiktionary, 寸 (rev. 92746420), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The marking hand! Imagine eyes watching as a hand marks a legal seal or measures a boundary. This radical brings the energy of precision and "duty" to a kanji. When you see it on the right, think of a rule being followed, a letter being sealed, or the steady "patience" required to measure out a long task.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates duty, legal actions (seals), measurement from a distance, or the concentrated effort and patience needed to complete a task.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 寸, with sourced origins
- 封sealフウ
丰sound + 土 + 寸
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 3 kanji