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shaku

shaku noun: 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.

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.
    Synonyms:
    Japanese foot

Synonyms of shaku

Forms of shaku

pluralshaku
pluralshakus

Plural of shaku: shaku or shakus

Origin of shaku

Borrowed from Japanese 尺 (shaku). Doublet of chi and chek.

Questions about shaku

What does shaku mean?
Shaku means 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.
What part of speech is shaku?
Shaku is a noun.
What is the plural of shaku?
The plural of shaku is shaku.

Words near shaku in the dictionary

  1. Shakta
  2. Shaktas
  3. shakti
  4. Shakti Nagar
  5. Shaktism
  6. shaku
  7. shakubuku
  8. shakubukued
  9. shakudo
  10. shakuhachi
  11. shakuhachis

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