Shuowen component 306: 尺
About this component
Component: 尺
Seal font (Chongxi): 尺
Mandarin: chǐ
Sino-Vietnamese: xích
Japanese: シャク (shaku) ; セキ (seki) ; ものさし (monosashi)
Korean: CHEK / 척
Unihan definition: Chinese measure approx. 'foot'
Variants: —
Shuowen entry
十寸也。人手卻十分動脈爲寸口。十寸爲尺。尺，所以指尺䂓榘事也。从尸从乙。乙，所識也。周制，寸、尺、咫、尋、常、仞諸度量，皆以人之體爲法。凡尺之屬皆从尺。