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咫
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foot measure of

HSK 10
Human →Body →Face
zhǐ
シ
た
지
Phonosemantic compound. 尺 represents the meaning and 只 represents the sound.
Components
尺 ruler+ 只 only =
咫 foot measure of
尺 Meaning component
chǐ ruler
Chinese measure approx. 'foot'
只 Phonetic component
zhǐ only
variant of 只[zhǐ]
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
咫
Regular
Modern
Chinese
咫 [zhǐ]
8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
Japanese
咫 、 尺 あた 、 た 同音
nounn-sufcounter archaic distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
近在咫尺 [jìn​zài​zhǐ​chǐ] #17,989
to be almost within reach
咫尺 [zhǐ​chǐ] #30,534
very close
咫尺天涯 [zhǐ​chǐ​tiān​yá] #45,320
so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
尺 [さし] #46,575
ruler
八咫烏 [やたがらす] #61,442
Yatagarasu
八咫 [やあた] #79,323
eight ata (approx. 144 cm)
咫尺 [しせき] #99,264
very short distance
八咫鏡 [やたのかがみ] #102,627
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
八咫の烏 [やたのからす] #307,813
Yatagarasu
KOREAN WORDS (1)
지척
close distance