U+5C3A "尺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
尺
U+5C3A "尺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that directly translates to "ruler" or "measure" and denotes a traditional unit of length approximating one-third of a meter or roughly a foot. This character is commonly used in East Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it appears in words relating to measurement, such as "尺寸" (size or dimensions), and also carries historical and cultural significance as a standard for assessing length in carpentry, tailoring, and daily trade. Its structure combines the radical for "corpse" or "body" with a downward stroke, reflecting its ancient origins as a pictographic representation of a person using a hand to measure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5C3A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 尺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 尺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB0 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5C3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005C3A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5c3a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4D8 |
| kCCCII | 213B4E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4539 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4539 |
| kCangjie | SO |
| kCantonese | cek3 |
| kCihaiT | 445.601 |
| kCowles | 496 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0595.100 |
| kDefinition | Chinese measure approx. 'foot' |
| kEACC | 213B4E |
| kFanqie | 昌石 |
| kFenn | 724A |
| kFennIndex | 23.06 73.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7780.7 |
| kGB0 | 1963 |
| kGB1 | 1963 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0794a |
| kHangul | 척:0E |
| kHanYu | 20964.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chǐ(124) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20964.020:chǐ,chě |
| kHKGlyph | 1064 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0595.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20964.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0299.320 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-335F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4D8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3C5C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-ECF9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7429 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4539 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-532C |
| kJapanese | シャク セキ ものさし |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:175 |
| kJapaneseKun | MONOSASHI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHAKU SEKI |
| kJis0 | 2860 |
| kKangXi | 0299.320 |
| kKorean | CHEK |
| kLau | 249 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1439 |
| kMandarin | chǐ |
| kMatthews | 1045 |
| kMeyerWempe | 199 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010331 |
| kMorohashi | 07632 |
| kNelson | 1377 |
| kPhonetic | 102 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2312+44.3.1 |
| kRSUnicode | 44.1 |
| kSBGY | 518.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 177.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chǐ粵cek3 chě粵ce2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1439 |
| kTang | *chiɛk |
| kTGHZ2013 | 041.010:chě 046.040:chǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | xích |
| kXerox | 245:311 |
| kXHC1983 | 0130.050:chě 0144.060:chǐ |