仞

5 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

fathom

Kun'yomi
  • はかる
On'yomi
  • ジン
    		ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)

Main Radical

人(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

fathom
ジン　はか.る (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
sword, saber, knife
かたな　トウ　ち (2nd, N1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

きゅう
九
じん
仞
　
の
こう
功
　
を
いっ
一
き
簣
　
に
か
虧
　
く
to fail one step short of great success
じん
仞
ren (ancient Chinese measure of height, depth, etc.; between 1-3 meters)
へき
壁
りつ
立
せん
千
じん
仞
precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth
きゅう
九
じん
仞
great height
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References

Unicode hex code 4EDE
JIS X 0208 1-48-32
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 356
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 116
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 379
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a3.8
Four corner code 2722.0