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The kanji 尺: meaning, readings and stroke order

尺

Meaning
ruler, measure
On reading
シャク shaku
Kun reading
—
Strokes
4
Radical
尸 corpse
Level
Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Stroke order of 尺, 4 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
thước, thước đo (xích)
Japanese
むかしの ながさの たんい。ものさし。
Korean
자, 잣대 (척)
Chinese
尺、尺度

Readings, words and example sentences

シャク shaku · on reading · less common

Practise writing 尺 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 尺 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.