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咫尺

咫尺

Chinese

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
 
a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a meter; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale
simp. and trad.
(咫尺)

Noun

咫尺

  1. (literary) very short distance

Derived terms

  • 咫尺之地
  • 咫尺千里
  • 咫尺天涯
  • 咫尺山河
  • 咫尺萬里咫尺万里
  • 天涯咫尺
  • 相去咫尺
  • 近在咫尺

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
せき
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

咫尺 (hiragana しせき, romaji shiseki)

  1. very short distance