寸 (cùn) is Kangxi radical no. 41, “inch”. In this form it is written with 3 strokes.
寸 (cùn) was a hand with a mark at the pulse, a small measure; it often signals rules, measuring and handling things.
The characters range from 3 to 12 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.
Good ones to start with: 对 (duì) correct / towards, 封 (fēng) (measure word for letters).
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