咫 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「口」
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- On
- シ
- Kun
- た
- Meaning
- a short span
Origin
尺 with 只 as phonetic: a very short measure; used in 咫尺, a hand's breadth away.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 咫尺しせき
a very short distance
- 目前もくぜん
right before one's eyes
Example
霧が濃く咫尺も見分けがたい。
The fog was so thick I could not see a hand's breadth ahead.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)