Kanji
尺
N1
4 strokes
Grade 6
freq #1940
shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
On'yomi (音読み)
シャク、 セキ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
さし
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
尺度
しゃくど
gauge; standard
尺八
しゃくはち
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute
尺
しゃく
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)
縮尺
しゅくしゃく
reduced scale; scaling down
三尺
さんじゃく
3 Japanese feet; waistband
巻尺
まきじゃく
tape measure
鉄尺
てつじゃく
carpenter's square
折衷尺
せっちゅうじゃく
compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)
呉服尺
ごふくじゃく
fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
畳尺
たたみじゃく
folding ruler; collapsible ruler
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
尺
さし
ruler; measure
Example sentences
人(ひと)は万物(ばんぶつ)の尺度(しゃくど)である。
Man is the measure of all things.
カロリーは食物(しょくもつ)が持(も)つエネルギーを正確(せいかく)に示(しめ)す尺度(しゃくど)である。
The calorie is an exact measure of the energy in food.
寸(すん)を与(あた)えれば尺(しゃく)を望(のぞ)む。
Give him an inch and he will take a yard.