Chinese character

尺

chǐ

ruler, tape-measure

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4 strokesRadical 尸No. 1935

Meaning

Definitions are in English.

ruler, tape-measure
unit of length, about 1 ft.
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
a Chinese foot
one-third of a meter

Pinyin

chǐchě

Components

尸shī 乚gōu

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尺

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Words

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尺寸尺寸chǐ cunsize; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety 尺度尺度chǐ dùscale; yardstick 公尺公尺gōng chǐ(Tw) meter (unit of length)英尺英尺yīng chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)尺子尺子chǐ ziruler (measuring instrument); CL:把[ba3]

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属shǔ

class, category, type

届jiè

deadline

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to exhaust, to use up, to deplete

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layer, floor, story, stratum

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bureau, office

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Buddhist nun

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building, house, shelter

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to eat

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tardy, slow, late

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foolish, stupid, dumb, silly

齿chǐ

teeth

翅chì

wings