Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 尺


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Meaning

measure of length (approx. 30,3cm)

Pronunciation

SHAKU, SEKI

Explanation

Top: body of a person, below: legs

Mnemonic

If you stretch out a leg to measure the length, you have a foot (= 1 shaku).

Radicals

Shaku
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Vocabulary

尺八 しゃくはち Shakuhachi flute

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