cun 同身寸  (in English and Chinese 中英文)
 by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱興國編譯

Cun means inch literally. In acupuncture, cun means the length of the middle joint of the middle finger of the patient. In the classics, Qian Jin Yao Fang, the width of the thumb is one cun.

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同身寸是指患者之中指的第二節的長度。中醫古典著作中提到患者之拇指寬度為一寸。

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