Look up shaku, しゃく, or 尺 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shaku (Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from...

units continue to be employed in aviation, munitions, and various sports, including golf and baseball. The base unit of Japanese length is the shaku based...

Shaku may refer to: Shaku (unit) Shaku (ritual baton) Buddhist surname of Japan Shaku, Iran, a village in Markazi Province, Iran This disambiguation page...

traditional Japanese length units, a tatami is (allowing for regional variation) 1 ken by 0.5 ken, or equivalently 6 shaku by 3 shaku – formally this is 1.81818 m...

the baton is approximately one shaku (an old unit of measurement equivalent to 30.3 cm (11.9 in)) in length. A shaku or teita (手板) is a baton or scepter...

and has since been adopted by other East Asian cultures such as Japan (shaku), Korea (ja/cheok), and Vietnam (thước). Its present value is standardized...

In Japan, the corresponding unit, sun (寸), was standardized at 1000⁄33 mm (3.03 cm, ~1.193 in, or ~0.09942 ft). shaku "TCM Student: Cun Measurements"...

during the 1620s. Its dimensions, given in the traditional Japanese shaku length unit system, were 4 sun 9 bu square times 2 sun 7 bu depth. Its volume...

house storage needs and traditional architecture based upon the archaic shaku unit of measurement. Using mortise and tenon joints with Chamaecyparis obtusa...

to measure bays. In Japanese units of measurement, the jō (丈) is equivalent to ten shaku, or 3.03 meters. Chinese units of measurement United States Joint...

character referring to a unit of measurement. It may refer to: Shaku (unit), in Japan, also known as the "Japanese foot" Chi (unit), in China, also known...

the North. The gō or cup is a traditional Japanese unit based on the ge which is equal to 10 shaku or 1⁄10 shō. It was officially equated with ⁠2401/13310⁠ liters...

an ōdachi, the sword in question would have a blade length of around 3 shaku (90.9 cm (35.8 in)). However, as with most terms in Japanese sword arts...

miles, is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of length; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English...

Shadow the Hedgehog Shaka at Birth (Tōdai-ji) Shakkazombie Shaku (ritual baton) Shaku (unit) Shakuhachi Shaman King Shamisen Shamoji Sharaku Sharp Corporation...

Korean units of measurement, called cheokgwan-beop (Korean: 척관법; Hanja: 尺貫法) or cheokgeun-beop (척근법; 尺斤法) in Korean, is the traditional system of measurement...

dictionary. The ken (間) is a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to six Japanese feet (shaku). The exact value has varied over time and location...

head diameter is traditionally measured in shaku (units of roughly 30 cm). Head diameters range from 1 to 6 shaku (30 to 182 cm; 12 to 72 in). Ko-daiko (小太鼓)...

different units (some only of historical interest) are shown and expressed in terms of the corresponding SI unit. Conversions between units in the metric...

of the sakazuki (sake dish). Goshakumasu (5 shaku [90 ml]) = Holds a half gō measure. Hasshakumasu (8 shaku or 4/5 gō [144 ml]) = The former standard masu...

1891. The act defined the shaku as the fundamental unit of length, and the kan as the fundamental unit of mass. Japanese units of measurement "度量衡法(どりょうこうほう)とは？...

Taiwanese units of measurement (simplified Chinese: 台制; traditional Chinese: 臺制; pinyin: Táizhì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-chè; Hakka: Thòi-chṳ) are the customary...

The name shakuhachi means "1.8 shaku", referring to its size. It is a compound of two words: shaku (尺) is an archaic unit of length equal to 30.3 centimetres...

Squadron, the Chinook/Puma Operational Conversion Unit, formerly No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (OCU). It regained full squadron status in January...

'Kyushaku' means '9 shaku', referring to an archaic Japanese unit of measurement; in the International System of Units, 9 shaku translates to a length...

is their length. Japanese swords are measured in units of shaku. Since 1891, the modern Japanese shaku is approximately equal to a foot (11.93 inches)...

Regiment under the command of experienced pilot Yevdokia Bershanskaya; the unit was later awarded the Guards designation and renamed as the 46th Guards Night...

size. Shaku is an old unit of measure close to 1 foot (30 cm). Hachi means eight, which in this case represents a measure of eight-tenths of a shaku. True...

Wakayama Bokusui (1885–1928) Orikuchi Shinobu (1887–1953) under the pseudonym Shaku Choku Jun Fujita (1888–1963) Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) Terayama Shuji (1935–1983)...

other varieties available. Recreation of miso fermentation process Six shaku fermentation barrel, 1839 Miso packed for transport. Meiji period, 1910...