The Radical: 尺


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Meaning
chin. foot    尺

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 3
late, delayed, slow
chí
Left: movement , right: Chinese foot (30.3 cm) = a person [with belly ] 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.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 4
to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn
Top: measure of length (1 chǐ = 30 cm, of a person placing a foot to a side), below: two
Two units are the greatest extent.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
Längenmaß Chǐ, 1/3m, a Chinese foot
chǐ
Top: body of a person, below: legs
If you stretch out a leg to measure a length, you have a foot (= 1 Chǐ).

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
daytime, daylight
zhòu
Top: Length measurement Chǐ (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise (The sun over the horizon )
In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
ashes, embers
jìn
Left: fire , right: to the greatest extent, to exhaust (Two units are the greatest extent)
After the fire had its greatest extend, it becomes: ashes.

Vocabulary

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