0016 - 寸[촌] - 마디 - inch; small; tiny

The Story [이야기] :

• It is the picture of a small, tiny hand counting.  It was also used before as a unit of length measurement.
• In Korea, it is also used to "count the distance" of kinship between two people.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

촌목 [寸목] - a carpenter's notched marking tool
삼촌 [三寸] - uncle
사촌 [四寸] - first cousin; full cousin
육촌 [六寸] - second cousin

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

三寸은 조카에게 막대한 유산을 남겼다.

The uncle left a large inheritance to his niece.