This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: シャク
Romaji: shaku
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: せき
Romaji: seki
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Meanings

shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  44
Frequency:  1940
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  4-4-1
Korean Reading:  cheog
Chinese Reading:  che3
Unicode:  5c3a
JIS:  3C5C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3440
Nelson Index: 1377
New Nelson Index: 1404
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3r1.1
Four Corner Index: 7780.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 884
Gakken Index: 1842
Japanese Names Index: 96
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7632
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0126
Remembering the kanji Index: 1070
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1227
Kodansha Compact Index: 521
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 895
Kanji in Context Index: 762
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2146
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2896
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1079
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1151
Essential Kanji Index: 1781
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4248
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3762
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 830

Words

(しゃく)
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; scale; length
(あた、た)
distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)
尺度 (しゃくど)
linear measure; scale
尺寸 (しゃくすん、せきすん)
(something) tiny; trifle
百尺竿頭 (ひゃくせきかんとう、ひゃくしゃくかんとう)
the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain
(さし)
ruler; measure
尺八 (しゃくはち)
shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
縮尺 (しゅくしゃく)
reduced scale; scaling
評価の尺度 (ひょうかのしゃくど)
evaluation measure
尺を取る (しゃくをとる)
to measure (the length)
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