shaku

English

Etymology

A romanization of Japanese 尺 (shaku). Doublet of chi and chek.

Noun

shaku (plural shaku or shakus)

1. The Japanese foot, a traditional Japanese unit of length equal to 10 sun or ¹/₁₀ of a jō, now standardized as equal to ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:shaku.

Synonyms

• Japanese foot

See also

• ken

References

• De Visser, M.W. (2003) Dragon in China and Japan, →ISBN
• Engel, Heino (1989) Measure and Construction of the Japanese House, →ISBN
• Field, Norma (1997) From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo, →ISBN
• Jackson, David (2002) Japanese Cabinetry: The Art & Craft of Tansu, →ISBN
• Masaaki, Hatsumi (2006) Japanese Sword Fighting: Secrets of the Samurai, →ISBN
• Mezur, Katherine (2005) Beautiful Boys/Outlaw Bodies: Devising Kabuki Female-Likeness, →ISBN
• Tarver, D.E. (2004) The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi, →ISBN
• Wheeler, Post (2006) The Sacred Scriptures of The Japanese, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Husak, Shuka, Ushak, shuka

Japanese

Romanization

shaku

1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃく