咫

short; span

9 strokes.

Readings

• た (kun reading): 八咫烏 (やたがらす) Yatagarasu; 八咫鏡 (やたのかがみ) Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
• シ (on reading): 咫尺 (しせき) very short distance

Components

• 尺
• 只
• 丶 radical dot
• ハ radical eight, katakana ha
• 口 radical mouth
• 尸 radical corpse; flag

Words using 咫

• 八咫烏 (やたがらす) Yatagarasu
• 八咫鏡 (やたのかがみ) Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
• 八咫 (やあた) eight ata (approx. 144 cm)
• 八咫の烏 (やたのからす) Yatagarasu
• 咫尺 (しせき) very short distance

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