123456789Keywordunit of length used during the Zhou dynastyFrequency#4140Strokes9ReadingszhǐMnemonic尺 (ruler) gives the meaning and 只 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of尺ruler只onlyUsed in vocabulary近在咫尺jìnzàizhǐchǐ(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand咫尺zhǐchǐ(literary) very close; very near咫尺天涯zhǐchǐtiānyáso close, yet worlds apart (idiom)咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty