Kanji N1

尺: shaku, Japanese foot, measure

尺 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning shaku, Japanese foot, measure, written with 4 strokes. It is read シャク, セキ (on) and さし (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 尺度 (しゃくど, gauge) and 巻尺 (まきじゃく, tape measure).

尺

Meanings

  • shaku
  • Japanese foot
  • measure
  • scale
  • rule
Strokes4
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#1940 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シャク
  • セキ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • さし

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 4. Start at the dot.

Common words with 尺

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 尺度しゃくど

    gauge; standard; measure; criterion; index

  • 巻尺まきじゃく

    tape measure

  • 尺しゃく

    shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm)

  • 縮尺しゅくしゃく

    reduced scale; scaling down

  • 尺八しゃくはち

    shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute

  • 三尺さんじゃく

    3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.