尺

shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule

4 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1940.

Readings

• シャク (on reading): 尺 (しゃく) shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); 尺度 (しゃくど) gauge
• さし (kun reading): 尺 (さし) ruler
• セキ (on reading): 尺牘 (せきとく) letter; 咫尺 (しせき) very short distance
• Read as a whole word: 八尺瓊勾玉 (やさかにのまがたま) large jewel

Components

• 尸
• 丶 radical dot
• 尸 radical corpse; flag

Kanji containing 尺

• 沢 swamp
• 駅 station
• 択 choose
• 訳 translate
• 釈 explanation
• 昼 daytime
• 尽 exhaust
• 呎 foot
• 咫 short
• 鈬 bell

Words using 尺

• 尺 (しゃく) shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)
• 尺度 (しゃくど) gauge
• 縮尺 (しゅくしゃく) reduced scale
• 長尺 (ちょうじゃく) long (esp. of photographic film)
• 尺八 (しゃくはち) shakuhachi
• 尺 (さし) ruler
• 尺牘 (せきとく) letter
• 咫尺 (しせき) very short distance
• 尺地 (せきち) small plot of land
• 百尺竿頭 (ひゃくせきかんとう) the highest state of one's enlightenment
• 尺縑 (せっけん) small amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth)
• 八尺瓊勾玉 (やさかにのまがたま) large jewel
• 八尺瓊 (やさかに) large jewel
• 曲がり尺 (まがりがね) carpenter's square

85 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists