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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 尺

    尺

    尺さし

    shaku

    N1KMT9Freq #1940Core ConceptsKanji4 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    さし

    On'yomi

    シャクセキ

    shakuJapanese footmeasurescalerule

    尸八

    尸
    八

    Stroke 0 / 4

    Speed1.0x

    尽屓択沢呎駅釈昼尻尽尹尸

    Concepts using this kanji

    尺度

    gauge

    巻尺

    tape measure

    尺八

    shakuhachi

    一人尺八

    autofellatio

    九尺二間

    (tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep

    一尺

    approx. 30 cm

    間尺に合わない

    does not pay

    三尺の秋水

    sharpened sword

    大尺

    large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)

    天平尺

    Tenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

    尺地

    small plot of land

    長尺物

    long item

    人間は万物の尺度である

    man is the measure of all things

    六尺

    six feet

    着尺地

    standard length of material used in a kimono

    対数尺

    logarithmic scale

    三尺帯

    waistband

    小尺

    small shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

    長尺映画

    long film (movie)

    評価の尺度

    evaluation measure

    用尺

    necessary length of cloth (for making a garment)

    計算尺

    slide rule

    三尺の童子

    mere child

    長尺

    long (esp. of photographic film)

    尺を当てる

    to measure with a rule

    尺を取る

    to measure (the length)

    尺取

    measuring worm

    間尺

    measuring rope with 'ken' (182cm) marked

    現尺

    full size

    副尺

    vernier

    三尺下がって師の影を踏まず

    a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)

    周尺

    Zhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)

    三尺去って師の影を踏まず

    a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)

    竹尺

    bamboo ruler

    着尺

    standard length of material used in a kimono

    尺貫法

    old Japanese system of weights and measures

    尺取り虫

    inchworm

    六尺棒

    6-shaku-long wooden pole (traditionally used for self-defence, capturing lawbreakers, etc.)

    準尺

    surveyor's leveling pole (levelling)

    尺が伸びる

    to extend in length (esp. parts of television programs)

    又四郎尺

    Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)

    寸進尺退

    one step forward, many steps backward

    鉄尺

    carpenter's square

    曲尺

    carpenter's square (for checking angles)

    曲がり尺

    carpenter's square

    尺

    shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)

    享保尺

    Kyōhō shaku (approx. 30.36 cm)

    冬尺

    winter moth (Geometridae spp.)

    遊標尺

    vernier

    折り尺

    folding ruler

    尺骨

    ulna

    遊尺

    vernier

    国際原子力事象評価尺度

    International Nuclear Event Scale

    照尺

    sight (of a firearm)

    高麗尺

    Korean shaku (approx. 35.6 cm)

    即尺

    immediate fellatio (no shower first)

    工尺譜

    Gongche notation

    百尺竿頭

    the highest state of one's enlightenment

    呉服尺

    fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)

    垂涎三尺

    avid desire

    枝尺

    geometer moth

    六尺褌

    traditional Japanese G-string for men

    大霜降枝尺

    peppered moth (Biston betularia)

    尺稼ぎ

    padding out a video, TV show, etc. to reach a desired length

    三尺

    3 Japanese feet

    滑り尺

    slide rule

    滑尺

    sliding central strip (of a slide rule)

    八尺瓊

    large jewel

    寸尺

    length

    尺寸

    (something) tiny

    八尺瓊勾玉

    large jewel

    カーブ尺

    curved ruler

    唐尺

    Tang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)

    寸善尺魔

    in evil, there is odds

    尺蛾

    geometer moth

    折衷尺

    compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)

    畳尺

    folding ruler

    鯨尺

    long foot (approx. 37.9cm)

    縮尺

    reduced scale

    枝尺蠖

    geometer moth caterpillar

    咫尺

    very short distance

    尺縑

    small amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth)

    尺牘

    letter

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    • 一尺
    • 滑り尺
    • 計算尺
    • 三尺
    • 三尺の秋水
    • 三尺の童子
    • 三尺帯
    • 尺
    • 尺貫法
    • 尺度
    • 尺八
    • 縮尺
    • 準尺
    • 副尺
    • 咫尺
    • 曲尺
    • 曲がり尺
    • 巻尺
    • 現尺
    • 鯨尺
    • 間尺に合わない
    • 尺寸
    • 着尺
    • 着尺地
    • 尺取り虫
    • 尺骨
    • 照尺
    • 折り尺
    • 六尺
    • 尺地
    • 尺を当てる
    • 尺を取る
    • 評価の尺度
    • 尺取
    • カーブ尺
    • 六尺棒
    • 長尺
    • 寸進尺退
    • 寸善尺魔
    • 百尺竿頭
    • 九尺二間
    • 垂涎三尺
    • 長尺映画
    • 間尺
    • 尺が伸びる
    • 三尺下がって師の影を踏まず
    • 三尺去って師の影を踏まず
    • 大霜降枝尺
    • 枝尺蠖
    • 尺蛾
    • 枝尺
    • 畳尺
    • 呉服尺
    • 享保尺
    • 又四郎尺
    • 小尺
    • 大尺
    • 折衷尺
    • 高麗尺
    • 唐尺
    • 天平尺
    • 鉄尺
    • 周尺
    • 八尺瓊
    • 八尺瓊勾玉
    • 滑尺
    • 対数尺
    • 尺縑
    • 尺牘
    • 国際原子力事象評価尺度
    • 六尺褌
    • 竹尺
    • 冬尺
    • 人間は万物の尺度である
    • 遊尺
    • 遊標尺
    • 寸尺
    • 即尺
    • 一人尺八
    • 工尺譜
    • 長尺物
    • 尺稼ぎ
    • 用尺

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