Keyword
ruler
- tape-measure
- unit of length
- about 1 ft.
- Frequency
- #1443
- Strokes
- 4
Readings
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Mnemonic
Picture of a man measuring by pacing
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
尽to the greatest extent局office迟late昼daytime呎foot咫unit of length used during the Zhou dynasty庹the length of one's two outstretched arms
Used in vocabulary
尺寸
size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
尺度
scale; yardstick
公尺
(Tw) meter (unit of length)
英尺
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
尺
a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
尺码
size; fitting (of apparel)
得寸进尺
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
标尺
surveyor's rod; staff; staff gauge; rear sight
近在咫尺
(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand
比例尺
scale; architect's scale; engineer's scale
平方英尺
square foot (unit of area equal to 0.093 m²)
尺子
ruler (measuring instrument)
咫尺
(literary) very close; very near
立方公尺
(Tw) cubic meter (m³)
垂涎三尺
to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet; to crave
直尺
straight ruler
表尺
rear sight (of a gun)
尺牍
(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
尺八
shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)
计算尺
slide rule
卡尺
calipers
尺骨
ulna (anatomy); bone of the forearm
卷尺
tape measure (usu. retractable)
千分尺
micrometer screw gauge; micrometer