尺

How to write 尺, stroke by stroke

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What 尺 means

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱; a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine

Ideographic: Picture of a man measuring by pacing

Made of 尸 + 乚

Words with 尺

• 英尺yīng chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
• 尺寸chǐ cunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
• 公尺gōng chǐmeter (unit of length)
• 尺码chǐ mǎsize; fitting (of apparel)
• 尺度chǐ dùscale; yardstick
• 平方英尺píng fāng yīng chǐsquare foot (unit of area equal to 0.093 m²)
• 近在咫尺jìn zài zhǐ chǐ(idiom) very close; almost within reach; close at hand
• 得寸进尺dé cùn jìn chǐlit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains; give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
• 丁字尺dīng zì chǐT-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
• 千分尺qiān fēn chǐmicrometer screw gauge; micrometer
• 卡尺kǎ chǐcalipers
• 卷尺juǎn chǐtape measure (usu. retractable)

尺 in a sentence

• 这不是我的尺码。

  zhè bú shì wǒ de chǐ mǎ 。

  It's not my size.

• 你有比较大的尺寸吗？

  nǐ yǒu bǐ jiào dà de chǐ cùn ma ？

  Do you have a larger size?

• 这块木板大约两公尺长。

  zhè kuài mù bǎn dà yuē liǎng gōng chǐ cháng 。

  The board is about two meters long.

• 我六英尺高。

  wǒ liù yīng chǐ gāo 。

  I am six feet tall.

• 用尺子画线。

  yòng chǐ zi huà xiàn 。

  Draw a line with a ruler.

Characters that sound like 尺

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