寸
cùn HSK4

(hand), inch

寸 cùn
very short measure word
metaphorically very small or short, derived from the width of a thumb or a single unit of length

我们要珍惜每一寸光阴。

wǒ​men yào zhēn​xī měi yī cùn guāng​yīn.

We should cherish every moment of our time.

inch measure word
a unit of length in the imperial system, equal to 2.54 centimeters, often used for screen sizes or photos

他买了一台五十五寸的液晶电视。

tā mǎi le yī tái wǔ​shí​wǔ cùn de yè​jīng diàn​shì.

He bought a 55-inch LCD TV.

unit of length measure word
a traditional Chinese unit of length, often called the Chinese inch, approximately 3.33 centimeters

这根绣花针约有两寸长。

zhè gēn xiù​huā​zhēn yuē yǒu liǎng cùn cháng.

This embroidery needle is about two inches long.

pulse position noun
in TCM pulse-taking, the specific position distal to the radial styloid process

中医切脉讲究寸、关、尺三个部位。

zhōng​yī qiè​mài jiǎng​jiu cùn, guān, chǐ sān gè bù​wèi.

Traditional Chinese pulse diagnosis focuses on three positions: Cun, Guan, and Chi.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,904th most common 41.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,713th most common 31.2 per million appears in 16% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.4 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
30.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+5BF8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)