村 (cūn) is a Chinese character meaning “village”. It is written from 木 (tree; wood) and 寸 (cun; inch), side by side, and takes 7 strokes.
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Structure
木 + 寸
Left–right structure
Structure from: 现代字形拆分（hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验：前 4 笔为左侧木，后 3 笔为右侧寸）
Memory aid
Trees (木) and one inch (寸) of measured ground: a few houses squeezed in among the trees — that is a village.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
7 strokes
In real words
- 村庄cūn zhuāngvillage村 = cūn
- 农村nóng cūncountryside; rural area村 = cūn
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All readings
village
village; hamlet; rural settlement
乡下人聚居的地方；村子。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 村庄cūn zhuāngvillage村 = cūn
- 农村nóng cūncountryside; rural area村 = cūn
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 村 mean?
村 (cūn) means village; hamlet; rural settlement.
How do you pronounce 村?
It is pronounced cūn.
What parts is 村 made of?
木 (tree; wood) and 寸 (cun; inch), side by side. The recorded source is: 现代字形拆分（hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验：前 4 笔为左侧木，后 3 笔为右侧寸）. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 村 have?
7. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 村?
木. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 村?
Common ones are 村庄 and 农村. The reading of 村 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.