Shaku - Shaku

Japanese: 尺 - しゃく

[1] 〘 noun 〙① A unit of length in the shaku-kan system. Approximately 30.3 centimeters. Ten times the size of a sun. One-tenth of a length. The shaku in the ritsuryo system were defined as dai shaku, a geodetic shaku, and sho shaku, a common shaku. Dai shaku was also called komajaku , and was 1.2 times the length of sho shaku. In the 6th year of the Wadō era ( 713 ), the measurement system was revised and sho shaku in the ritsuryo system was defined as dai shaku. The dai shaku in the Wadō system (sho shaku in the ritsuryo system) was later slightly longer and called kanejaku (kanejaku or kyokujaku) , and although it underwent several revisions during the Edo period, the length remained largely unchanged until the Meiji period. When the Meiji government adopted the metric system, it defined 3 shaku 3 sun (kanejaku) as 1 meter. The dai shaku in the Wadō system (sho shaku in the ritsuryo system) in the Nara period was slightly shorter than this kanejaku, at just under 9 sun 8 bu. In addition, a whale scale (kujirajaku/geijaku) is equivalent to one shaku 2.5 sun of a curved scale. [Ryo Gikai (718)] ※The Bamboo Cutter (late 9th century-early 10th century) "A cloud of people came down from the sky, and stood about five shaku above the ground." [Mencius - Teng Wen Gong, part 2] ② Length. たけ. Used in expressions such as "take a shaku" and "hit a shaku." ※Setsugeishu, Setsugeishu Karigane (1631), part 1 "If we compare the strength of the stone to something, it would be like a tall planer that falls flat in the evening, but is crushed in the midnight dew, like swinging a ladle." [Chin Shu - Goshu Ki] ③ Ruler. かし. ※Shoku Nihongi - Tenpyo 7th year (735), April Xinhai " _Measured the shadow of one iron shaku." ④ Abbreviation of "shakuaori (a muddy shaku block)." ※Shokura Nikki (around 1716-36): "The mud scare is a horse hide painted black, and the base is painted like the plectrum of a biwa, dyed with the juice of a wax tree."⑤ = Shakutorimushi (inch-cutter worm) [Nippo Jisho (1603-04)]⑥ A type of Bon lantern. ※Fuzoku Gaho, No. 159 (1898), July: "The types of chaku lanterns are called o-makura, ko-makura, shaku, shaku-ichi, and shaku-ni."⑦ A number representing eight. A code word used by ceramics merchants. [2] [Suffix] (loaned character for " seki" ) A word used to count fish. ※Uji Shui (around 1221): 1: "Is it possible to have a salmon that is 12 shaku long around your waist?"

Saka [shaku]

〘 noun 〙 A unit of length. One-tenth of a walking stick ( = about three meters). Shaku. ※The Chronicles (720) Kamiyo-jo (Kanbun version) "The curved jewel of Yasakani "

Seki [shaku]

The basic unit of length in the shakukanho system. It is 10 times the size of a sun. It is about 30.3 centimeters.

Saku [length]

〘Noun〙 A variation of the word "shaku (foot)."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 尺貫法の長さの単位。約三〇・三センチメートル。寸の十倍。丈の十分の一。令制の尺には測地尺としての大尺と、常用尺としての小尺が規定されている。大尺は高麗尺(こまじゃく)とも呼ばれ、小尺の一・二倍の長さ。和銅六年（七一三）度量制に変改があって、令の小尺を大尺と規定した。和銅の大尺（令の小尺）はその後若干延びて曲尺(かねじゃく・きょくじゃく)と呼ばれ、江戸時代に改定を重ねたが、長さに大差なく明治に至った。明治政府はメートル法を受容するに際し、三尺三寸（曲尺）を一メートルと規定。奈良時代の和銅の大尺（令の小尺）はこの曲尺に比して幾分短く、九寸八分弱であった。なお、鯨尺(くじらじゃく・げいじゃく)は曲尺の一尺二寸五分にあたる。〔令義解（718）〕※竹取（９Ｃ末‐１０Ｃ初）「大空より人雲に乗りておりきて、つちより五尺ばかりあがりたる程にたちつらねたり」〔孟子‐滕文公・下〕② 長さ。たけ。「尺を取る」「尺を打つ」などと用いる。※説経節・説経苅萱（1631）上「いしとうまるのせいしんを、ものによくよくたとふれば、よひにはへたるたかんなが、よなかのつゆにはごくまれ、しゃくをのぶるがごとくなり」〔陳書‐後主紀〕③ ものさし。さし。※続日本紀‐天平七年（735）四月辛亥「測_レ影鉄尺一枚」④ 「しゃくあおり（尺障泥）」の略。※諸鞍日記（1716‐36頃）「泥障はしゃくの泥障とて、馬の皮を黒く塗たり、根本は琵琶の撥盤塗様にして、櫨の木の汁にて染たるなり」⑤ ＝しゃくとりむし（尺取虫）〔日葡辞書（1603‐04）〕⑥ 盆提灯の一種の名。※風俗画報‐一五九号（1898）七月「挑燈の種類は大枕、小枕、尺、尺一、尺二と呼び」⑦ 数量の八をいう。陶磁器商の符牒。[2] 〘接尾〙 (「隻(せき)」の借字) 魚などを数えるのに用いる語。※宇治拾遺（1221頃）一「腰に鮭の一二尺なきやうはありなんや」