尺牘

See also: 尺牍

Chinese

		a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale	documents
trad. (尺牘)		尺	牘
simp. (尺牍)		尺	牍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ duk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek-to̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhdú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-tu²
    • Yale: chř-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyydwu
    • Palladius: чиду (čidu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ duk⁶
    • Yale: chek duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ tʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshik-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhekdok
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 尺牘

1. wooden strips one chi (尺) long used for writing
2. (literary) letter; epistle

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尺牘):

• → Japanese: 尺(せき)牘(とく) (sekitoku); 尺(しゃく)牘(どく) (shakudoku)
• → Korean: 척독(尺牘) (cheokdok)
• → Vietnamese: xích độc (尺牘)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
尺	牘
せき Grade: 6	とく Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

尺(せき)牘(とく) • (sekitoku) 

1. a wooden block one seki in length and height used for writing
2. a letter or document; typically composed in kanbun

Derived terms

• 尺牘文(せきとくぶん) (sekitokubun)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
尺	牘
しゃく Grade: 6	とく > どく Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

尺(しゃく)牘(どく) • (shakudoku) 

1. a wooden block one seki in length and height used for writing
2. a letter or document; typically composed in kanbun