スン, す, みき

measurement, foot/10

JLPT1 G6 S3 F1669

The relevant bronzeware inscription form is hand + a line, indicating a hand or (thin) finger settled upon another object (such as in taking a person's pulse) → *unit of measurement* (approximately that of a finger). In characters such as and , functions as an action indicator.

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