Kanji
尺
kanji character
shaku
Japanese foot
measure
scale
rule
尺 kanji-尺 shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
尺
Meaning
shaku Japanese foot measure
Readings
Kun'yomi
- さし
On'yomi
- しゃく ど gauge
- しゃく はち shakuhachi
- しゅく しゃく reduced scale
- せき ち small plot of land
- せき とく letter
- し せき very short distance
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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巻 尺 tape measure -
巻 き尺 tape measure -
尺 ruler, measure -
尺 度 gauge, standard, measure... -
短 尺 tanzaku, long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)... -
縮 尺 reduced scale, scaling down -
尺 寸 (something) tiny, trifle -
尺 骨 ulna -
尺 地 small plot of land -
尺 取 measuring worm, inchworm, looper (caterpillar) -
尺 蛾 geometer moth, geometrid -
尺 鷸 curlew (any bird of genus Numenius) -
尺 縑 small amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth), unimportant painting, trivial work of art -
尺 けんsmall amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth), unimportant painting, trivial work of art -
尺 牘 letter, epistle -
準 尺 surveyor's leveling pole (levelling) -
副 尺 vernier -
咫 尺 very short distance -
曲 尺 carpenter's square (for checking angles), common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm) -
矩 尺 carpenter's square (for checking angles), common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm) - かね
尺 carpenter's square (for checking angles), common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm) -
現 尺 full size -
鯨 尺 long foot (approx. 37.9cm) -
着 尺 standard length of material used in a kimono -
照 尺 sight (of a firearm) -
陸 尺 six feet, traditional Japanese G-string for men, palanquin bearer -
長 尺 long (esp. of photographic film), lengthy -
間 尺 measuring rope with 'ken' (182cm) marked, measurement -
枝 尺 geometer moth, geometrid (of the Ennominae subfamily) -
畳 尺 folding ruler, collapsible ruler