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 18 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1968 May 18 [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

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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