仞
rèn

ancient unit of measure (8 feet)

Components

亻
亻 Unknown component
rén person
刃
刃 Sound component
rèn knife edge

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjɯns
Unicodenjìn

說文解字

伸臂一尋，八尺。从人刃聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)