Vita:尺

Parts

• 尺 1070 shaku (shaku-hachi)

Usage in other kanji

• 尺 1070 shaku (shaku-hachi)
  • 尽 1071 exhaust
  • 沢 1072 swamp
  • 訳 1073 translate
  • 択 1074 choose
  • 昼 1075 daytime
  • 釈 1908 explanation
  • 駅 1984 station

KANJIDIC Entry

• 尺 3C5C U5c3a B44 G6 S4 F1940 N1377 V1404 H3440 DK2146 L1070 K1842 O96 DO1781 MN7632 MP4.0126 E884 IN1895 DH895 DT830 DJ762 DG521 P4-4-1 I3r1.1 Q7780.7 DR3762 ZPP3-3-1 Ychi3 Yche3 Wcheog シャク T1 せき {shaku} {Japanese foot} {measure} {scale} {rule}

EDICT Entries

• 巻尺 [まきじゃく] / (n) tape measure / (P) /
• 尺 [しゃく] / (n) a measure / a rule / a scale / length / (P) /
• 尺度 [しゃくど] / (n) linear measure / scale / (P) /
• 尺八 [しゃくはち] / (n) (1) bamboo flute / (2) (X) (vulg) oral sex / fellatio / (P) /
• 縮尺 [しゅくしゃく] / (n,vs) reduced scale / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 1474 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 尺 => 尸, ㇏

Radical

• 尺 => 尸 (corpse) , ㇏ (N/A)

Graphical

• 尺 => 丨,匚,㇏

Pinyin & Meaning

1. che3 - one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
2. chi3 - a Chinese foot/one-third of a meter/a ruler/a tape-measure/one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine/CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 尺 (chi3): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 咫尺
• 尺

Medium Frequency

• 公尺
• 尺子
• 尺寸
• 尺度
• 尺码 (尺碼)
• 英尺

Appears In

• 尺 also appears in:
• 尽迟昼咫庹粎