尺(chǐ)

HSK 44 strokes
Readingschǐchě

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche…

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Character information

Pinyin
chǐ / chě
Meaning
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 尺 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸尸乚

Picture of a man measuring by pacing

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

尸shī乚háo

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 尺 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 尺

Common words using 尺 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chǐ尺zi子
HSK 4

ruler (measuring instrument)

Open 尺子 page →
chǐ尺cùn寸
HSK 4

size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes)

Open 尺寸 page →
chǐ尺dù度
HSK 7-9

scale

Open 尺度 page →
gōng公chǐ尺

meter (unit of length)

Open 公尺 page →
kǎ卡chǐ尺

calipers

Open 卡尺 page →
juàn卷chǐ尺

tape measure (usu. retractable); CL:把[ba3]

Open 卷尺 page →
zhǐ咫chǐ尺

(literary) very close; very near

Open 咫尺 page →
chǐ尺bā八

shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute)

Open 尺八 page →

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 尺’s common words

子寸度公卡卷咫八

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