Moto 丈: Length; Ten Shaku; MeasureKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジョウ
- Kun'yomi
- たけ、だけ
- Level
- Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 61 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジョウ)
- 大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe; secure
- 丈夫じょうぶhealthy; robust
- 方丈ほうじょうsquare jō (approx. 10 sq feet)
- 気丈きじょうstout-hearted; firm
- 頑丈がんじょうsolid; firm
- 万丈ばんじょうhurrah!; long life
- 丈人じょうじんelder; senior
- 丈余じょうよover ten feet
- 丈六じょうろくone jō and six shaku (4.85m)
- 丈母じょうぼwife's mother; mother-in-law
- 偉丈夫いじょうふgreat man; great god
- 八丈はちじょうplain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
- 八丈宝貝はちじょうだからがいchocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana); humpback cowry
- 八丈桑はちじょうぐわMorus kagayamae (species of mulberry)
- 八丈絹はちじょうぎぬplain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (dyed with botanical pigments found on the island)
- 八丈縞はちじょうじまstriped Hachijo silk cloth
- 千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れるせんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれるa small leak will sink a great ship
- 女丈夫じょじょうふbrave woman
- 心丈夫こころじょうぶsecure; reassuring
- 気丈夫きじょうぶreassuring
- 気炎万丈きえんばんじょうin high spirits; talking big
- 気焔万丈きえんばんじょうin high spirits; talking big
- 波乱万丈はらんばんじょうstormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events
- 波瀾万丈はらんばんじょうstormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events
- 美丈夫びじょうふgood-looking man; fine figure of a man
- 黄八丈きはちじょうyellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)
- 黄塵万丈こうじんばんじょうrising cloud of (yellowish) dust
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 丈たけheight; stature
- 背丈せたけstature; height
- 草丈くさたけrice plant's height
- ひざ丈ひざたけknee-length (clothing)
- 一度丈いちどだけonly once
- 七分丈しちぶたけthree-quarter length (usu. clothing)
- 丈にだけにgiven that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...
- 丈を詰めるたけをつめるto shorten (a garment); to take in
- 丈比べたけくらべcomparison of statures
- 丈長たけながtall
- 出来る丈できるだけas much as one can; as much as possible
- 威丈高いたけだかhigh-handed; overbearing
- 居丈高いたけだかhigh-handed; overbearing
- 心の丈こころのたけone's mind; one's thoughts
- 思いの丈おもいのたけone's whole heart; everything one feels
- 成り丈なりたけas (much) as possible; as (much) as one can
- 成る丈なるたけas (much) as possible; as (much) as one can
- 是丈これだけto this extent; to this degree
- 有りっ丈ありったけall that one has; all that there is
- 有り丈ありたけall that one has; all that there is
- 着丈きたけdress length
- 膝丈ひざたけknee-length (clothing)
- 袖丈そでたけlength of a sleeve (of Western clothing)
- 身の丈みのたけstature; body height
- 身丈みたけlength (of clothing)
- 軒丈のきたけheight from the ground to a building's eaves
- 頸っ丈くびったけdeeply in love with; madly in love with
- 首っ丈くびったけdeeply in love with; madly in love with
Other readings
- 丈夫振りますらおぶりmanly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)
- 丈夫風ますらおぶりmanly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)
- 何れ丈どれだけhow long; how much
- 其れ丈それだけthat much; as much
- 此れ丈これだけto this extent; to this degree
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