shaku

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Quotations 1.3 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Idioms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Noun 2.3 References

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Japanese shaku.

[edit] Noun

shaku (uncountable)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• Japanese foot

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] References

• De Visser, M.W. (2003). Dragon in China and Japan. ISBN 978-0766158399.
• Engel, Heino (1989). Measure and Construction of the Japanese House. ISBN 978-0804814928.
• Field, Norma (1997). From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo. ISBN 978-0520208445.
• Jackson, David (2002). Japanese Cabinetry: The Art & Craft of Tansu. ISBN 978-1586851132.
• Masaaki, Hatsumi (2006). Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai. ISBN 978-4770021984.
• Mezur, Katherine (2005). Beautiful Boys/Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female-Likeness. ISBN 978-1403967121.
• Tarver, D.E. (2004). The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi. ISBN 978-0595301249.
• Wheeler, Post (2006). The Sacred Scriptures of The Japanese. ISBN 978-1425487874.

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕaku/

[edit] Noun

shaku (kanji 尺, hiragana しゃく)

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

   • 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] Etymology 2

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕaku/

[edit] Noun

shaku (kanji 癪, hiragana しゃく)

1. cause of offense

[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.