Chinese Character 吋 Meanings and components.

Form

吋

Meaning

吋 meaning[3] in English

Inch (English).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and a unit of … (寸)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RDI

How to write 吋

To write吋cun4inch (English) you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 寸cun4a unit … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 寸 = 吋

吋 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 吋 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 吋, looks as follow:

吋
Pinyin:cun4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Inch (English)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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