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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)

尺寸
chǐcun
size
皮尺
píchǐ
tape measure
直尺
zhíchǐ
straight ruler
尺骨
chǐgǔ
ulna (anatomy)
市尺
shìchǐ
Chinese unit of length equal to ⅓ meter
咫尺
zhǐchǐ
very close
公尺
gōngchǐ
meter (unit of length)
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
塞尺
sāichǐ
gauge
油尺
yóuchǐ
dipstick
尺子
chǐzi
rule
HSK 5
界尺
jièchǐ
ungraduated ruler
软尺
ruǎnchǐ
soft ruler
矩尺
jǔchǐ
set square (tool to measure right angles)
英尺
yīngchǐ
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
卡尺
kǎchǐ
calipers
表尺
biǎochǐ
rear sight (of a gun)

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