尺: Shaku; Japanese Foot; MeasureKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (シャク)

• 尺度しゃくどgauge; standard
• 三尺さんじゃく3 Japanese feet; waistband
• 尺しゃくshaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)
• 尺八しゃくはちshakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute
• 巻尺まきじゃくtape measure
• 縮尺しゅくしゃくreduced scale; scaling down
• カーブ尺カーブじゃくcurved ruler
• 一尺いっしゃくapprox. 30 cm
• 三尺さがって師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
• 三尺の秋水さんじゃくのしゅうすいsharpened sword
• 三尺の童子さんじゃくのどうじmere child
• 三尺下がって師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
• 三尺去って師の影を踏まずさんじゃくさってしのかげをふまずa student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
• 三尺帯さんじゃくおびwaistband; belt
• 九尺二間くしゃくにけん(tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
• 享保尺きょうほうじゃくKyōhō shaku (approx. 30.36 cm)
• 人間は万物の尺度であるにんげんはばんぶつのしゃくどであるman is the measure of all things
• 六尺ろくしゃくsix feet
• 六尺棒ろくしゃくぼうwooden pole (often oak), 6 shaku long
• 六尺褌ろくしゃくふんどしtraditional Japanese G-string for men
• 冬尺ふゆしゃくwinter moth (Geometridae spp.)
• 副尺ふくしゃくvernier
• 即尺そくしゃくimmediate fellatio (no shower first)
• 又四郎尺またしろうじゃくMatashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)
• 呉服尺ごふくじゃくfabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
• 周尺しゅうしゃくZhou shaku (approx. 20 cm)
• 唐尺とうしゃくTang shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
• 国際原子力事象評価尺度こくさいげんしりょくじしょうひょうかしゃくどInternational Nuclear Event Scale; INES
• 垂涎三尺すいぜんさんじゃくavid desire; drooling over (something)
• 大尺だいしゃくlarge shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
• 大尺鷸だいしゃくしぎEurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
• 寸善尺魔すんぜんしゃくまin evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world
• 寸尺すんしゃくlength; measure
• 寸進尺退すんしんしゃくたいone step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose
• 対数尺たいすうしゃくlog rule
• 小尺しょうしゃくsmall shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
• 尺が伸びるしゃくがのびるto extend in length (esp. parts of television programs)
• 尺を取るしゃくをとるto measure (the length)
• 尺を当てるしゃくをあてるto measure with a rule
• 尺取しゃくとりmeasuring worm; inchworm
• 尺取り虫しゃくとりむしinchworm; measuring worm
• 尺取虫しゃくとりむしinchworm; measuring worm
• 尺地しゃくちsmall plot of land
• 尺寸しゃくすん(something) tiny; trifle
• 尺拍子しゃくびょうしclapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)
• 尺蛾しゃくがgeometer moth; geometrid
• 尺貫法しゃっかんほうold Japanese system of weights and measures
• 尺骨しゃっこつthe ulna
• 尺鷸しゃくしぎcurlew (any bird of genus Numenius)
• 巻き尺まきじゃくtape measure

Other readings

• 八尺瓊やさかにlarge jewel
• 八尺瓊の勾玉やさかにのまがたまlarge jewel; string of jewels
• 八尺瓊勾玉やさかにのまがたまlarge jewel; string of jewels
• 八尺瓊曲玉やさかにのまがたまlarge jewel; string of jewels
• 咫尺しせきvery short distance
• 大霜降枝尺おおしもふりえだしゃくpeppered moth (Biston betularia)
• 天平尺てんぴょうじゃくTenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
• 尺けんせっけんsmall amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth)
• 尺牘せきとくletter; epistle
• 尺縑せっけんsmall amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth)

Showing the 60 most common of 93 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 尺

• 三
• 八
• 取
• 度
• 間
• 曲
• 枝
• 寸
• 師
• 影
• 踏