尺

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 1.2 See also 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 2.1.1 Romanizations 2.2 Noun 2.3 See also 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.2.1 Idioms 3.1.2.2 See also 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Alternative spellings 3.2.3 Noun 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Kanji 3.3.1.1 Readings 3.3.1.2 Compounds 3.4 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.2 See also 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 See also 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• 丈
• 寸
• 分

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

尺 (Yale chek3)

[edit] Romanizations

• chek

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• 寸, 分
• Hong Kong foot , Chinese foot

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

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• IPA: /ɕaku/

[edit] 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
   • 934-938: 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.

[edit] Idioms

• 尺で鯛を釣る (shaku de tai o tsuru)

[edit] See also

• Japanese foot

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /takabakari/

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• 竹量
• 鷹秤

[edit] Noun

尺 (hiragana たかばかり, romaji takabakari)

1. a bamboo measure
   • 934-938: 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

[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Kanji

尺 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

• 尺八 (shakuhachi)

[edit] References

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

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

[edit] See also

• Korean foot

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] See also

• 丈 , 寸 , 分
• Chinese foot

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

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