Inch - Sun

Japanese: 寸 - すん

〘noun〙① A unit of length in the shaku-kan system. One-tenth of a shaku. Ten times one-tenth. In the kanejaku (carved ruler) system based on the compromise ruler system used since 1875 ( Meiji 8 ), one sun is about 3.03 centimeters. In the kujira shaku system, it is about 3.79 centimeters. ※Ryo Gikai (718) Miscellaneous "Ordinary. Ten minutes _{for an inch} . Ten minutes for _{a shaku} . Ten minutes _{for a length.} " ※Genji (around 1001-14), Wakana no Ue "The hem of your comb was beautifully done, <omitted> and there was about seven or eight suns left over." [Dai-dai-rei - main statement] ② Length. Measurement. ※Hanakyo (1424), Jiji Toki Kanjitsu (Thinking about the face): "Place it against the face of a nobleman and hold it close to the face."※Shundoro (1928), <Kubota Mantaro> Mukojima: "Oh, that female impersonator. It's a little short."③ Something short. Something small. ※Soga Monogatari (around the Northern and Southern Courts), 4: "Goro, like a shadow, did not leave his side, and they both fell asleep together."※Haiku: Father's End Diary (1801), May 2: "He criticized his father for his crookedness and forgot the three precepts of obedience." [Laozi - Chapter 69]④ The point where the artery is struck under the wrist . The doctor places the tip of his opposite middle finger on the stalk of the patient's radial artery, and adds the nameless finger and index finger. The points where each of them strikes are called the sekibe, sukube, and shakube. *Kana Zoushi, Ukiyo Monogatari (around 1665), 2: "In both hands of a person, there are three parts : sun , kan, and shaku." ⑤ A word used in early modern times in Yoshiwara in Edo and other places to express the fee for the services of prostitutes . One sun is equivalent to one momme (or 100 mon). *Ukiyo Zoushi, Gozen Gikeiki (1700), 1: "A rank of one can be called one sun or a moon, and two can be called two sun or a shadow." ⑥ A word used to count numbers in turnip gambling. Some numbers are not given, and it differs depending on the region. *Ukiyo Zoushi, Gozen Gikeiki (1700), 8: "Shirosaburo was told that he had no money to pay, and Saburozaemon was told that he had seven sun."

Ki [dimensions]

〘Suffix〙① An ancient unit of length. Equivalent to the modern sun (= about three centimeters). ※Kojiki (712), Vol. 2 "The length of the teeth was one sun (hitoki) , and its width was two bu (futakida) ." ② A word used in the past to measure the height of a horse. A horse was called umatake (horse length) with four shaku as the standard, and if it was longer than that, it was called one sun ( hitoki ) , two sun (futaki) , seven sun (nanaki) , eight sun (yaki) , etc. Anything over nine sun (one theory says eight sun) is said to be "excessive in height ." Three shaku and nine sun is called "kaeri issun." One theory says that it was limited to between four and seven sun. ※Utsubo (around 970-999), Fukiage no Kami "One horse whose height was eighty meters."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 尺貫法で長さの単位。一尺の十分の一。一分の十倍。一寸は、明治八年（一八七五）以来の、折衷尺を基準とする曲尺(かねじゃく)では、約三・〇三センチメートル。くじら尺では、約三・七九センチメートル。※令義解（718）雑「凡度。十分為_レ寸。十寸為_レ尺。十尺為_レ丈」※源氏（1001‐14頃）若菜上「御くしの裾までけさやかに〈略〉いと美しげにて七八寸ばかりぞ余り給へる」〔大戴礼‐主言〕② 長さ。寸法。※花鏡（1424）時節当感事「顔の持ちやう、貴人の御顔にあてて、そのすんに持つべし」※春泥（1928）〈久保田万太郎〉向島「ああ、あの女形の。━寸(スン)のちょいと短い」③ 短いこと。少ないこと。※曾我物語（南北朝頃）四「五郎もかげのごとくすんもはなれずして、もろともにとほりけり」※俳諧・父の終焉日記（1801）五月二日「父の寸のゆがみをとがめて、三従の戒をわすれたり」〔老子‐六九章〕④ 手首の下の動脈のうつ箇所のこと。患者の橈骨(とうこつ)動脈の茎状突起部に、医者の反対側の中指の指頭をおき、無名指・食指を添え、そのおのおの当たっている箇所を、関部、寸部、尺部という。※仮名草子・浮世物語（1665頃）二「人の両の手に寸(スン)・関・尺の三部」⑤ 近世、江戸の吉原その他で、局女郎(つぼねじょろう)の揚代を表わすのに用いる語。一寸が一匁（または、百文）にあたる。※浮世草子・御前義経記（1700）一「位は一を一寸とも月ともいふ、二は二寸とも影ともいふ」⑥ カブ賭博で、数を数えるのに用いる語。数によってつかない場合もあり、地方によって異なる。※浮世草子・御前義経記（1700）八「四郎三郎はつけ目出入なしとあたまから、三郎左衛門は七すん」

き【寸】

〘接尾〙① 古代での長さの単位の一つ。近年の寸(すん)（=約三センチメートル）に相当する。※古事記（712）下「御歯の長さ一寸(ひとき)、広さ二分(ふたきだ)」② 昔、馬の丈(たけ)を測るのに用いた語。馬は、四尺を標準として馬長(うまたけ)といい、それ以上の場合、一寸(ひとき)、二寸(ふたき)、七寸(ななき)、八寸(やき)などといった。九寸（一説に八寸）以上を、「丈(たけ)に余る」という。三尺九寸は「かえり一寸」という。一説に四寸から七寸までに限っていったという。※宇津保（970‐999頃）吹上上「むまのたけ八きばかりなる一つ」

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