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尺
chǐ
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<zhī>]], [[把<bǎ>]]
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

尺
chǐ
ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.
HSK 5 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

公尺
gōngchǐ
meter (unit of length)
卡尺
kǎchǐ
calipers
卷尺
juǎnchǐ
tape measure
咫尺
zhǐchǐ
very close
塞尺
sāichǐ
gauge
尺子
chǐzi
rule
HSK 5
尺寸
chǐcun
size
尺度
chǐdù
scale
尺码
chǐmǎ
size
尺蠖
chǐhuò
looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae
尺规
chǐguī
ruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
尺骨
chǐgǔ
ulna (anatomy)
市尺
shìchǐ
Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ meter
探尺
tànchǐ
dipstick
折尺
zhéchǐ
folding ruler
曲尺
qūchǐ
set square (tool to measure right angles)
标尺
biāochǐ
surveyor's rod
油尺
yóuchǐ
dipstick
界尺
jièchǐ
ungraduated ruler
皮尺
píchǐ
tape measure

Alternate Entries

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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,473
Word Frequency Rank
3,572 of 84,292