(しゃく) (n) (1) shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); (2) rule; measure; scale; (3) length; (P) [EDICT]
(あた;た(咫)) (n,n-suf,ctr) (arch) distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm) [EDICT]
(chǐ, ㄔˇ) a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; a musical note on the traditional Chinese scale; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine [CE-DICT]
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(句) (n,n-suf) (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; (2) {ling} phrase; (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression; (P) [EDICT]