漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
尺: shaku, Japanese foot
Also: measure, scale, rule
JLPT N14 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
尸 carries the meaning · 八 is drawn in
4 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シャクshaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 尺八しゃくはちbamboo flute, fellatio
- 尺度しゃくどlinear measure, scale
- 一尺いっしゃくone shaku, approx. 30 cm
- 縮尺しゅくしゃくreduced scale
- 巻き尺まきじゃくmeasure
- 巻尺まきじゃくtape measure
Also read セキ, さし, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Lie down and cover up! This radical has two lives: it can represent the stillness of a body or the protection of a roof.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尺 gives its sound to
The family reading is シャク (shaku). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Also read シャク
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side尺 shaku · 八
vs尻 buttocks · 九In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chǐ
Same form: 尺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 尺 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 尺 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chǐ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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