Kanji尺
Readingじゃく
Frequency14%
Used in (35 in total)
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
measuring rope with 'ken' (182cm) marked; measurement
waistband; belt; cloth girdle; obi
carpenter's square (for checking angles); common shaku (unit of distance; approx. 30.3 cm)
bamboo ruler; bamboo scale; bamboo tape
standard length of material used in a kimono
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
folding ruler
fabric shaku (approx. 36.4 cm)
long foot (approx. 37.9cm)
long item; long object; long film
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth
carpenter's square
carpenter's square; common Japanese foot
standard length of material used in a kimono; roll of material
necessary length of cloth (for making a garment)
linear scale; machine scale; rule; measure
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
folding ruler; collapsible ruler
steel rule; steel scale; steel ruler
Korean shaku (approx. 35.6 cm)
Tenpyō shaku (approx. 29.6 cm)
Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)
Kyōhō shaku (approx. 30.36 cm)
compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyōhō shaku and the Matashirō shaku; approx. 30.3 cm)