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shaku
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingシャク、セキ
Kun readingさし
JōyōGrade 6KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. shakuRtK
    寸を与えれば尺を望む。Give him an inch and he will take a yard.tatoeba
  2. japanese foot
  3. measure
    人は万物の尺度である。Man is the measure of all things.tatoeba
    金銭は価値の尺度である。Money is the measure of worth.tatoeba
  4. scale
    テキサス州の、縮尺25万分の1の地図が欲しいんですよ。I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.tatoeba
  5. rule
  1. shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)
  2. length

Radicals and components

Radical尸corpse
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flag (方) · stick (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1151

Compound words

尺度しゃくど
gauge; standard; measure; criterion; index
尺八しゃくはち
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
縮尺しゅくしゃく
reduced scale; scaling down
巻尺まきじゃく
tape measure
一尺いっしゃく
approx. 30 cm
矩尺かねじゃく
carpenter's square (for checking angles)
鯨尺くじらじゃく
long foot (approx. 37.9cm)
三尺さんじゃく
3 Japanese feet
尺蛾しゃくが
geometer moth
尺牘せきとく
letter
尺鷸しゃくしぎ
curlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
咫尺しせき
very short distance
滑り尺すべりじゃく
slide rule
計算尺けいさんじゃく
slide rule
三尺帯さんじゃくおび
waistband
枝尺蠖えだしゃくとり
geometer moth caterpillar
尺貫法しゃっかんほう
Japanese system of weights and measures
大尺鷸だいしゃくしぎ
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
八尺瓊やさかに
large jewel
六尺褌ろくしゃくふんどし
traditional Japanese G-string for men
垂涎三尺すいぜんさんじゃく
avid desire
三尺の秋水さんじゃくのしゅうすい
sharpened sword
三尺の童子さんじゃくのどうじ
mere child
八尺瓊曲玉やさかにのまがたま
large jewel

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

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