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The Japanese Radical: 尺
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Shaku 尺
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Used in these Kanji:
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昼
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| noon, daytime
hiru, CHŪ
尺
旦
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Top: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm), below: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 over the horizon 一)
It is measured in Shaku when the sun is vertically above the horizon: Then it is noon. |
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駅
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JLPT 5Joyo 3 |
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| (railway) station
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Left: a horse 馬 (image with a mane 三 in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail フ), right: a measure unit 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)
(The railway stations were previously relay stations where horses were evaluated (=measured) if they could continue or need to be changed.) - Horses are measured at the station. |
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尺
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| measure of length (approx. 30,3cm)
SHAKU, SEKI|
尺
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Top: body 口 of a person, below: legs 八
If you stretch out a leg to measure the length, you have a foot (= 1 shaku). |
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釈
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| explain, release, solve
toku, SHAKU
釆
尺
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Left: ripe rice-plant 釆 (combination of rice plant 禾 and rice 米), right: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)
The ripe rice plants are measured in Shaku, that's the explanation. |
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訳
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| translate, meaning
wake, YAKU
言
尺
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Left: word 言, right: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 offset = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)
When words are offset by a certain measure (=1 Shaku) this is their translation. |
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尽
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| depleted, exhausted, use up, exert, run out of
tsukiru/kusu, JIN
尸
尺
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Outside: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm), below: two 二
Even two Shaku are eventually used up. |
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択
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| choose, select, elect
erabu, yoru, TAKU
扌
尺
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Left: hand 扌, right: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)
The hand measures and then chooses. |
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沢
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| marsh, swamp, brilliance, grace
sawa, TAKU
氵
尺
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Left: water 氵, right: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)
(Because you would sink in too easily if you took long steps:) In this "water", you 口 carefully place step by step: in the marsh or swampy terrain. |
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