Memory phrase for the character: 尺

尺

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Meaning

Unit of length: Chǐ, 1/3m, a Chinese foot

Pronunciation

 chǐ

Explanation

 Top: body 口 of a person, below: legs 八

Mnemonic
 
If you stretch out a leg to measure a length, you have a foot (= 1 Chǐ).

Radicals

尸 buttocks in side viewThis radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.
尺 chin. foot
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 Vocabulary

公尺 gōng chǐ  meter
尺寸 chǐ cun  size; dimension; measurement
尺寸 chǐ cun  

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