Read Edit View history 尺 chǐchě HSK4 traditional Chinese unit of length ~ 1 foot Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Origin unclear. Possibly a pictograph of a side view of a person with a mark on their leg indicating the length of one foot. Pinyin Separate values with commas chǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 尺 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 379, 691 ], [ 389, 682 ], [ 409, 682 ], [ 507, 702 ], [ 612, 732 ], [ 636, 735 ], [ 660, 726 ], [ 685, 698 ], [ 686, 684 ], [ 643, 574 ], [ 612, 555 ] ], [ [ 367, 462 ], [ 392, 485 ], [ 608, 525 ], [ 653, 524 ], [ 679, 516 ] ], [ [ 304, 704 ], [ 332, 683 ], [ 347, 651 ], [ 341, 512 ], [ 313, 332 ], [ 269, 222 ], [ 240, 174 ], [ 203, 128 ], [ 148, 77 ], [ 94, 46 ] ], [ [ 376, 451 ], [ 401, 445 ], [ 414, 433 ], [ 596, 214 ], [ 710, 111 ], [ 759, 90 ], [ 936, 51 ], [ 963, 51 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 663 542 Q 699 647 740 673 Q 759 694 743 714 Q 724 730 666 760 Q 645 769 621 760 Q 527 720 369 694 C 339 689 356 653 385 659 Q 397 660 599 707 Q 624 713 634 703 Q 644 691 640 667 Q 624 603 604 550 C 594 522 653 514 663 542 Z", "M 406 467 Q 491 489 674 505 Q 687 506 688 517 Q 688 524 663 542 C 640 559 633 557 604 550 Q 600 550 600 549 Q 471 516 368 502 C 302 493 343 451 406 467 Z", "M 369 694 Q 320 721 304 718 Q 282 715 298 691 Q 329 634 303 422 Q 294 337 246 235 Q 210 154 105 65 Q 89 52 86 45 Q 83 38 96 38 Q 141 38 225 121 Q 306 205 340 333 Q 356 418 361 455 L 368 502 Q 374 560 379 626 Q 383 648 385 659 C 389 683 389 683 369 694 Z", "M 361 455 Q 418 410 533 245 Q 674 50 731 45 Q 837 35 924 39 Q 970 40 967 53 Q 966 60 757 142 Q 606 220 442 432 Q 424 454 406 467 C 383 486 338 475 361 455 Z" ] } 4 strokes 尺 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 379, 691 ], [ 389, 682 ], [ 409, 682 ], [ 507, 702 ], [ 612, 732 ], [ 636, 735 ], [ 660, 726 ], [ 685, 698 ], [ 686, 684 ], [ 643, 574 ], [ 612, 555 ] ], [ [ 367, 462 ], [ 392, 485 ], [ 608, 525 ], [ 653, 524 ], [ 679, 516 ] ], [ [ 304, 704 ], [ 332, 683 ], [ 347, 651 ], [ 341, 512 ], [ 313, 332 ], [ 269, 222 ], [ 240, 174 ], [ 203, 128 ], [ 148, 77 ], [ 94, 46 ] ], [ [ 376, 451 ], [ 401, 445 ], [ 414, 433 ], [ 596, 214 ], [ 710, 111 ], [ 759, 90 ], [ 936, 51 ], [ 963, 51 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 663 542 Q 699 647 740 673 Q 759 694 743 714 Q 724 730 666 760 Q 645 769 621 760 Q 527 720 369 694 C 339 689 356 653 385 659 Q 397 660 599 707 Q 624 713 634 703 Q 644 691 640 667 Q 624 603 604 550 C 594 522 653 514 663 542 Z", "M 406 467 Q 491 489 674 505 Q 687 506 688 517 Q 688 524 663 542 C 640 559 633 557 604 550 Q 600 550 600 549 Q 471 516 368 502 C 302 493 343 451 406 467 Z", "M 369 694 Q 320 721 304 718 Q 282 715 298 691 Q 329 634 303 422 Q 294 337 246 235 Q 210 154 105 65 Q 89 52 86 45 Q 83 38 96 38 Q 141 38 225 121 Q 306 205 340 333 Q 356 418 361 455 L 368 502 Q 374 560 379 626 Q 383 648 385 659 C 389 683 389 683 369 694 Z", "M 361 455 Q 418 410 533 245 Q 674 50 731 45 Q 837 35 924 39 Q 970 40 967 53 Q 966 60 757 142 Q 606 220 442 432 Q 424 454 406 467 C 383 486 338 475 361 455 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.