尺

Translingual

Han character

尺 (radical 44 尸+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸人 (SO), four-corner 7780₇)

1. Chinese measure approx. 'foot'
2. (archaic) 23.1 cm (during the Han Dynasty)

Derived characters

• 沢 訳 迟

References

• KangXi: page 299, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7632
• Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 964, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5C3A

See also

• 丈
• 寸
• 分

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Cantonese

Hanzi

尺 (jyutping ce2, cek3, Yale che2, chek3)

Noun

尺 (traditional and simplified)

1. (Hong Kong) chek, a traditional unit of length, legally defined as equal to 0.371475 metres (米)
2. (slang, North American Cantonese) a foot in Imperial units or US units

See also

• 寸, 分
• Hong Kong foot, Chinese foot

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕaku/

Noun

尺 (hiragana しゃく, romaji shaku)

1. a unit of length approximately equivalent to 30.3 cm, ten times a sun, and a tenth of a jō; in the carpenter's square, approximately equivalent to 30.3 cm, and in the cloth measure approximately 37.9 cm
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 6 page 46)

     尺 [...] 廣本無上字、説文、尺十寸也、人手却十分動脈爲寸口、十寸爲尺、尺所以指尺規榘事也从尸从乙、乙所識也、今俗呼佐之或呼毛乃佐之 [...]

   • c. 1177-1188: Iroha Jiruishō (volume 9, page 55)

     尺 シャク　十寸為尺

   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 741)

     Xacu. シャク (尺) 1 palmoよりも少し長い, ある尺度. 例, Ixxacu, nixacu. (一尺, 二尺) Xacuuo toru. l, xacudoru. (尺を取る. または, 尺取る) 上述のようなpalmoを単位として寸法を計る.

2. length
3. an insect, the Geometra papilionaria; an inchworm
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 741)

     Xacu. l, xacumuxi. シャク. または, しゃくむし (尺. または, 尺虫) 歩くときに身を縮めたりしながら進む一種の小虫. Xacude taiuo tçuru. (尺で鯛を釣る) 諺. この小虫で鯛を釣って取る人のように, 小さなもので大きなものを手に入れる.

Idioms

• 尺で鯛を釣る (shaku de tai o tsuru)

See also

• Japanese foot

Etymology 2

Compound of bound taka (“bamboo”) and hakari, voiced due to compounding.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /takabakari/

Alternative forms

• 竹量
• 鷹秤

Noun

尺 (hiragana たかばかり, romaji takabakari)

1. a bamboo measure
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 6 page 46)

     尺 魏武上雜物䟽云、象牙尺、齒亦反、辨色立成云、尺竹量也、太加波可利

Etymology 3

Kanji

尺 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しゃく (shaku), せき (seki)
• Kun: ものさし (monosashi)

Compounds

• 尺八 (shakuhachi)

References

• 1980 May 11 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1968 May 11 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

• 1971 [c. 1177-1188], Tachibana Tadakane; Atsuo Masamune (ed.), Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō:

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Korean

Hanja

尺 (hangeul 척, revised cheok, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏk)

1. (자) Korean foot (30.3cm)
2. (자) measure
3. (길이) length

Compounds

尺蠖 (척확, cheoghwag) measuring worm, inchworm, spanworm, looper

曲尺 (곡척, gogcheog) steel square, carpenter's square

See also

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Hanzi

尺 (pinyin chǐ (chi3), chě (che3), Wade-Giles ch'ih³, ch'e³)

See also

• 丈 , 寸 , 分
• Chinese foot

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Vietnamese

Han character

尺 (xích, xách, xế, xệch, xịch, sệch, xạch)

References

• Nom Foundation