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尺

chǐ/chě

a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter

Ancient forms

3 forms

Meaning

chǐ as in 尺寸 chi3
  1. a Chinese foot
  2. one-third of a meter
  3. a ruler
  4. a tape-measure
  5. one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
Measure word: 支, 把
chě as in 工尺谱 che3
  1. one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱

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