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Radical 44 · 4 strokes

a ruler

HSK 4 (3.0)5 meanings#4316Measure word 把 / 支
MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    a ruler

    用来量长度的工具yònglái liàng chángdù de gōngjù

    • Please give me a ruler.

  2. noun

    a tape-measure

    测量长度的工具;中国传统长度单位cèliàng chángdù de gōngjù;zhōngguó chuántǒng chángdù dānwèi

  3. measure word

    a Chinese foot

    中国古代的长度单位,约为三分之一米zhōngguó gǔdài de chángdù dānwèi, yuēwéi sān fēnzhī yī mǐ

    • This ruler is thirty centimeters long.

  4. measure word

    one-third of a meter

    长度单位,等于三分之一米chángdù dānyuán, děngyú sānfēnzhī yī mǐ

    • This ruler is new.

  5. noun

    one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine

    中医把脉的三个位置之一zhōngyī bǎmò de sān ge wèizhì zhī yī

    • Please pass me the ruler.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A ruler is imagined as a person lying straight with curved fingers marking the length.

(surround upper-left)

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