呎

See also: 尺

呎 U+544E, 呎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-544E ← 呍 [U+544D] CJK Unified Ideographs 呏 → [U+544F]

Translingual

Han character

呎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口尸人 (RSO), four-corner 6708₇, composition ⿰口尺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3423
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 596, character 3
• Unihan data for U+544E

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Chinese

trad.		呎
simp. #		呎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐ (chi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³
    • Yale: chř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cek³
    • Yale: chek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
    • Tâi-lô: tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 呎

1. (dated in Mainland China and Taiwan, still used in Hong Kong) Template:zh-synonym
2. (Hong Kong) square foot

   呢個單位大約五百呎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢个单位大约五百呎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei¹ go³ daan¹ wai^6-2 daai⁶ joek³ ng⁵ baak³ cek³. [Jyutping]

   This flat is around 500 sq. ft. in size.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 平方英尺 (“square foot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		平方英尺
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	平方英尺
Cantonese	Hong Kong	平方呎, 方呎, 呎

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00519

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Japanese

Kanji

呎

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. foot

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kun: フィート (fīto, 呎)

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Korean

Hanja

呎 (eum 척 (cheok))

1. foot

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Vietnamese

Han character

呎: Hán Nôm readings: xích, xếch

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