Kanji

尺

shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

尸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シャク

Nanori (Name Reading)

かね, さか, さく

Common Readings

シャク

Example sentences

尺 しゃく
彼はメジャーで材木の尺を測った。

He measured the length of the timber with a tape measure.

縮尺 しゅくしゃく
この地図の縮尺は五万分の一です。

The scale of this map is one to fifty thousand.

六尺 ろくしゃく
江戸時代、六尺は約一・八メートルだった。

In the Edo period, six shaku was approximately 1.8 meters.

大男 おおおとこ
彼は六尺豊かな大男だ。

He is a giant of a man, over six feet tall.

尺八 しゃくはち
彼は趣味で尺八を習っている。

He is learning the shakuhachi as a hobby.

Example Vocabulary

尺度

しゃくど

尺

しゃく

unit of length (approx. 30.3 cm); length; scale

縮尺

しゅくしゃく

scale (of a map, etc.)

尺

しゃく

unit of length (approx. 30.3 cm); length; scale

三尺

さんじゃく

一尺

いっしゃく

六尺

ろくしゃく

six shaku (approx. 1.8 meters); six-shaku loincloth

尺八

しゃくはち

shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)

尺骨

しゃっこつ

巻き尺

まきじゃく

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