U+5C3A "尺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20964.020
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