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The Radical: 尺
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Hanzi-Trainer
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chin. foot 尺
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Explanation |
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Used in these Kanji:
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迟
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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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.
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辶
尺
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尽
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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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.
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尺
尸
二
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尺
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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Längenmaß 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).
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尸
尺
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昼
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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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.
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尺
旦
日
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烬
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JLPT no HSK |
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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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火
尺
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