cun
Pronunciation: /kʌn/
The English word “cun” has 2 meanings listed here.
verb
- To know.
noun
- A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.
Etymology
From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.
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