Chinese symbol for “inch”
英寸
yīng cùn
inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inch is 英寸 (yīng cùn), defined as: inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “inch”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 英寸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英雄 | yīng xióng | hero; 个 (gè) |
| 精英 | jīng yīng | cream; elite |
| 英尺 | yīng chǐ | foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) |
| 英里 | yīng lǐ | mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km) |
| 英勇 | yīng yǒng | heroic; gallant |
| 尺寸 | chǐ cun | size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety |
| 手无寸铁 (手無寸鐵) | shǒu wú cùn tiě | lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless |
| 头寸 (頭寸) | tóu cùn | (finance) cash position; position |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inch”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.