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尺

chě

HSK 3.0 · 4

chě · cek3 (Jyutping)

  1. one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

chǐ · cek3 (Jyutping)

  1. a Chinese foot
  2. one-third of a meter
  3. a ruler
  4. a tape-measure
  5. one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
  6. CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]

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Character breakdown

尺

Meaning
Chinese measure approx. 'foot'
Radical
尸
Strokes
4
Components
⿸尸乚
Cangjie
SO
Four-corner
7780.7

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