The Chinese Radical: 尺


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Meaning
chin. foot    尺

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
late, delayed, slow
chí
Left: movement 辶, right: Chinese foot 尺 (30.3 cm) = a person 尸 [with belly 口] who puts one foot in front of the other when measuring that distance.
If you only put one foot in front of the other when moving, you are slow and it will be late.  
HSK 4
to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn
Top: measure of length 尺 (1 chǐ = 30 cm, of a person placing a foot to a side), below: two 二
Two units are the greatest extent.  
HSK 5
Unit of length: Chǐ, 1/3m, a Chinese foot
chǐ
Top: body 口 of a person, below: legs 八
If you stretch out a leg to measure a length, you have a foot (= 1 Chǐ).  
HSK 6
daytime, daylight
zhòu
Top: Length measurement Chǐ 尺 (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 over the horizon 一)
In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime.  
no HSK
ashes, embers
jìn
Left: fire 火, right: to the greatest extent, to exhaust 尽 (Two 二 units 尺 are the greatest extent)
After the fire had its greatest extend, it becomes: ashes.  

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