尺
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche …
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Character Decomposition
尺=尸+乚
Etymology
Picture of a man measuring by pacing
Meanings
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation
a Chinese foot
one-third of a meter
a ruler
a tape-measure
one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
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Words with 尺 190 total
Idioms with 尺 86 total
to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression)百尺竿头bǎi chǐ gān tóulit. after climbing a hundred feet up a pole, one should go even further (idiom) · fig. even if one has achieved a measure of success, one should strive to do even better百尺竿头，更进一步bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bùthree feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day冰冻三尺，非一日之寒bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán