尺 - chě - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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尺

chě

Definition

musical note
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱

Other pronunciations

chǐ

a Chinese foot
one-third of a meter
a ruler
a tape-measure
one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

尽

jǐn

to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; at the furthest end (of); to be within the limits (of); to keep on doing (something); to give priority (to)

尽

jìn

to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)

late; delayed; slow

daytime

length of 2 outstretched arms

咫

zhǐ

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

呎

chǐ

foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m); old form of modern 英尺

Related words (1)

工尺谱

gōng chě pǔ

traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes

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