尺
chǐchě HSK4

traditional Chinese unit of length ~ 1 foot

尺 chǐ frequency
chi noun
a Chinese unit of length equal to one-third of a meter; a Chinese foot

她比你高一尺。

tā bǐ nǐ gāo yī chǐ.

She's a foot taller than you.

ruler noun
a ruler or tape-measure; a ruler-like tool or object used for drawing or measuring
[acupoint]
one of the three points on the wrist for measuring the pulse in Chinese medicine, located near the elbow
tiny
(literary) very small; tiny; minute
尺 chě
[musical note]
(bound form) a note in the traditional 工尺谱 gōng​chě​pǔ musical notation, roughly equivalent to 're' in the solfège system

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,474th most common 74.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,331st most common 56.6 per million appears in 23% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
18.5 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
21.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+5C3A

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)