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咫 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
シし · shi
Kun
たta
Meaning
a short span

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

尺 with 只 as phonetic: a very short measure; used in 咫尺, a hand's breadth away.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 咫尺しせき

    a very short distance

  • 目前もくぜん

    right before one's eyes

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

霧(きり)が濃(こ)く咫尺(しせき)も見分(みわ)けがたい。

The fog was so thick I could not see a hand's breadth ahead.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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