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ancient unit of measure

HSK 10
Human →Body
rèn
ジン
はか.る
인
Components
亻 person (side)+ 刃 blade =
仞 ancient unit of measure
亻
rén person (side)
刃 Phonetic component
rèn blade
edged tool, cutlery, knife edge
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
仞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
仞 [rèn]
(measure)
Japanese
仞 、 仭 じん 同音
noun ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)
Example Sentences
JAPANESE WORDS (7)
千尋 [せんじん] #33,034
great depth
仞 [じん] #149,569
ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)
九仞 [きゅうじん] #210,463
great height
九仞の功を一簣に虧く [きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく] #261,319
to fail one step short of great success
万尋 [ばんじん] #306,608
10000 fathoms
万尋の谷 [ばんじんのたに]
bottomless ravine
壁立千仞 [へきりつせんじん]
precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth