inch

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originated from a pictograph in oracle-bone script representing a small unit of measurement. It is typically drawn as a straight line or a directional mark indicating position, symbolizing a short distance.

Mnemonic: Remember the inch radical as an arrow or curved mark pointing to a short span—a tiny unit of measurement.

• 寸cùn🔊

  a unit of length

  HSK 5

  3 strokes

• 对duì🔊

  right; correct

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 寺sì🔊

  Buddhist temple

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 导dǎo🔊

  to transmit

  6 strokes

• 寿shòu🔊

  long life

  7 strokes

• 㝵dé🔊

  to obtain (old variant of 得[de2])

  8 strokes

• 将jiāng🔊

  will

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 封fēng🔊

  to confer

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 射shè🔊

  old variant of 射[she4]

  HSK 5

  10 strokes

• 尃fū🔊

  to state to, to announce

  10 strokes

• 专zhuān🔊

  for a particular person, occasion, purpose

  11 strokes

• 尉wèi🔊

  military officer

  11 strokes

• 尊zūn🔊

  senior

  12 strokes

• 寻xún🔊

  to search

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 尌shù🔊

  standing up

  12 strokes