尺
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Han character
尺 (radical 44, 尸+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 尸人 (SO), four-corner 77807)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 299, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7632
- Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 964, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5C3A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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尺 | *tʰjaɡ |
蚇 | *tʰjaɡ |
Pronunciation
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
- ruler (straightedge) (Classifier: 把)
- tape measure
Compounds
Derived terms from 尺
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Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji
尺
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Compounds
Noun
尺 (hiragana しゃく, rōmaji shaku, alternative reading せき, rōmaji 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
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 6, page 46:
- 尺 [...] 廣本無上字、説文、尺十寸也、人手却十分動脈爲寸口、十寸爲尺、尺所以指尺規榘事也从尸从乙、乙所識也、今俗呼佐之或呼毛乃佐之 [...]
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- c. 1177-1188: Iroha Jiruishō (volume 9, page 55)
- 尺 シャク 十寸為尺
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- 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.
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- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 6, page 46:
- the "whale shaku", a variant of the shaku used in measuring cloth equal to 125/330 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.
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- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 741)
- (zoology) the inchworm
Idioms
- 尺で鯛を釣る (shaku de tai o tsuru)
Etymology 2
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尺 |
たかばかり Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of bound 竹 (taka, “bamboo”) + 測り (hakari), voiced due to compounding.
Alternative forms
- 竹量
- 鷹秤
Noun
尺 (hiragana たかばかり, rōmaji takabakari)
- a bamboo measure
- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 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
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- 931–938, Wamyō Ruijushō, book 6, page 46:
References
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
- Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.
- Tadakane, Tachibana; Atsuo Masamune (ed.) (c. 1177-1188) Iroha Jiruishō (in Japanese), Kazama Shobō, published 1971
Korean
Hanja
尺 (eum 척 (cheok))
Compounds
Compounds
- 척도 (尺度, cheokdo, “linear measure”)
- 척확 (尺蠖, cheokhwak, “measuring worm; inchworm; spanworm; looper”)
- 계산척 (計算尺, gyesancheok, “slide rule; slipstick”)
- 곡척 (曲尺, gokcheok, “steel square; carpenter's square”)
Vietnamese
Han character
尺: Hán Việt readings: xích[1][2][3][4]
尺: Nôm readings: xệch[2][5][4], xách[1][5], xế[2][5], xích[3][6], sệch[2], xạch[2], xịch[5]
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References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Génibrel (1898).
- Hồ (1976).
- Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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