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尺

chǐ

a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:[[支<zhī>]], [[把<bǎ>]]

4 strokes Very Common (4%)

Character Breakdown

尺
chǐ
ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.
HSK 5

Alternate Dictionary Entries

尺
chě
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, [[工尺譜|工尺谱<gōngchěpǔ>]]

Additional Information

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
HSK Word Level
—
Character Frequency
1473
Word Frequency
3572