cun

Meanings

Verb

Noun

  • A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Origin

  • From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan ("to know, know how (to)"), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną ("to know"). Doublet of con.
  • See conn, cond.
  • From Chinese 寸. sun

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