Mnemonic comic for

Translation

cùn = cu + (e)n4: a unit of length / inch / thumb

Mnemonic

Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

寸 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Mnemonic symbol: 亅 looks like a crowbar. Zeus (ju) is bored and presses all the buttons next to the elevator kitchen's (e2) door with his crowbar (亅).

Characters with 寸 as component

variant of 剋|克[ke4]
variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]

= + : The imperator (阝) is feeling gloomy (郁) and retreated into the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Not even Yu the Great (yu) throwing confetti (有) at him can cheer him up.
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
strong wine
to ponder / to speculate / to consider / to guess
(literary) to cut off / to sever
(literary) to cut off; to sever
old variant of 壽|寿[shou4]

Words with 寸

size / dimension / measurement
to follow sb closely (idiom) / to keep close to
propriety / appropriate behavior / proper speech or action / within the norms
unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren
(male hair style) crew cut / butch cut
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
(idiom) not to yield an inch
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
oversize (baggage, cargo etc)
lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom) / fig. free time is to be treasured
lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom) / fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
pulse taken at the wrist (TCM)
see 寸陰|寸阴[cun4 yin1]
see 寸步難行|寸步难行[cun4 bu4 nan2 xing2]

Sentences with 寸

寸 currently does not appear in any sentence.