Kanji
N1 4 strokes Grade 6 freq #1940

shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

corpse shikabane

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

gauge; standard
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)
reduced scale; scaling down
3 Japanese feet; waistband
tape measure
carpenter's square
compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)
fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
folding ruler; collapsible ruler

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

ruler; measure

Example sentences

Man is the measure of all things.

The calorie is an exact measure of the energy in food.

Give him an inch and he will take a yard.