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尺 — 4 strokes / Radical「尸」

道
5Elementary year 6 / 4 strokes / Radical「尸」
On
シャクしゃく · shaku
Kun
—
Meaning
shaku (unit of length); measure

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A hand spread out to measure a length; a unit measured by the hand — hence "shaku, measure."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシャクしゃくshaku尺度しゃくど尺貫法しゃっかんほう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 尺度しゃくど

    scale; measure; standard

  • 巻き尺まきじゃく

    tape measure

More words with this kanji

  • 尺しゃく
  • 咫尺しせき
  • 尺牘せきとく
  • 尺蠖しゃくとりむし
  • 尺蠖の屈せっかくのくつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

巻(ま)き尺で長(なが)さをはかった。

I measured the length with a tape measure.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

巻き尺尺度尺巻to rol…度degree届to rea…展to unf…層layer尸corpse尤reason…勺ladle石stone灼to bur…杓ladle赤red
CompoundRadicalReading

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