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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
尺 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸人 (SO), four-corner 77807, composition ⿸尸㇏)
Derived characters
- 伬, 呎, 㘮, 𡛄, 鿈, 𢗜, 𣏧, 𬓤, 粎, 蚇, 咫, 𰁗, 𪧆, 𦬨, 𫁶, 庹
- 迟, 尽, 昼 (Simplified form of 遲, 盡, 晝 in mainland China)
- 𡵸, 択, 沢, 𥐮, 䋇, 訳, 釈, 鈬, 駅 (Japanese shinjitai of 嶧, 擇, 澤, 礋, 繹, 譯, 釋, 鐸, 驛)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 299, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7632
- Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 964, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5C3A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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尺
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*tʰjaɡ
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蚇
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*tʰjaɡ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note: 'chí' pronunciation only used in
尺寸 (
chícun).
Note:
- chióh - vernacular;
- chék - literary.
Note:
- chhioh - vernacular;
- chhek/chhiak - literary.
Note:
- cioh4 - Shantou;
- ciêh4 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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尺
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chǐ
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsyhek ›
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Old Chinese
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/*tʰAk/
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English
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foot (measure)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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尺
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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1461
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Phonetic component
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尺
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Rime group
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鐸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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尺
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Old Chinese
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/*tʰjaɡ/
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Definitions
尺
- chi; Chinese foot (a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm and equal to 10 cun (寸) or 1/10 zhang (丈))
- (Mainland China) mainland chi; Chinese foot, standardized in 1984 as 1/3 meter
- (Taiwan) Taiwanese foot, standardized as 10/33 meter and identical to the Japanese shaku
- (Hong Kong) chek; Hong Kong foot, standardized as 0.371475 meters
- (informal) imperial foot
- Synonyms: 英尺 (yīngchǐ), 呎 (chǐ)
- ruler (straightedge) (Classifier: 把 m c; 支 m h mn; 桿/杆 m)
- tape measure
Synonyms
- 尺子 (chǐzi)
- 捲尺/卷尺 (juǎnchǐ) (tape measure)
- 皮尺 (píchǐ) (tape measure)
- 直尺 (zhíchǐ) (straight ruler)
Dialectal synonyms of
尺子 (“ruler”)
See also
- 丈 (zhàng), 寸 (cùn), 分 (fēn)
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
尺
- (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note re (2).
- (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note re (2).
Compounds
Derived terms
Japanese
Kanji
尺
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- shaku (measurement)
- measure
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 尺 (MC tsyhek).
Pronunciation
Noun
尺 or 尺 • (shaku or seki)
- the shaku, "metal shaku", or Japanese foot: a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun (寸) or 1⁄10 jō (丈), standardized as 10⁄33 of a meter
- c. 1177-1188: Iroha Jiruishō (volume 9, page 55)
尺 シャク 十寸為尺- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 741:Xacu. シャク (尺) 1 palmoよりも少し長い, ある尺度. 例, Ixxacu, nixacu. (一尺, 二尺) Xacuuo toru. l, xacudoru. (尺を取る. または, 尺取る) 上述のようなpalmoを単位として寸法を計る.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- the "whale shaku", a variant of the shaku used in measuring cloth equal to 25⁄66 of a meter
- length
- (zoology) The geometer moth (Geometra papilionaria)
1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 741:Xacu. l, xacumuxi. シャク. または, しゃくむし (尺. または, 尺虫) 歩くときに身を縮めたりしながら進む一種の小虫. Xacude taiuo tçuru. (尺で鯛を釣る) 諺. この小虫で鯛を釣って取る人のように, 小さなもので大きなものを手に入れる.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (zoology) the inchworm
Idioms
Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
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竹量 鷹秤
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Compound of bound 竹 (taka, “bamboo”) + 測り (hakari), voiced due to compounding.
Pronunciation
Noun
尺 • (takabakari)
- a bamboo measure
938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 6, page 46:尺 魏武上雜物䟽云、象牙尺、齒亦反、辨色立成云、尺竹量也、太加波可利- Rule The Record of Emperor Wei Wu's Various Possessions speaks of an ivory rule, fanqie shaku. The Establishment of Distinct Colours says a rule is a bamboo measure, takapakari.
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
- Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
- Tadakane, Tachibana with Atsuo Masamune (ed.) (c. 1177-1188) Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō, published 1971
Korean
Hanja
尺 (eum 척 (cheok))
- Hanja form? of 자 (“Korean foot (30.3cm)”).
- Hanja form? of 자 (“ruler; straightedge”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
尺: Hán Việt readings: xích
尺: Nôm readings: xệch, xách, xế, xích, sệch, xạch, xịch
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