呎

See also: 尺
呎 U+544E, 呎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-544E
← 呍
[U+544D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 呏 →
[U+544F]

Translingual

Han character

呎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口尸人 (RSO), four-corner 67087, composition ⿰口尺)

Derived characters
  • 𤋚

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3423
  • Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 596, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+544E

Chinese
trad. 呎
simp. # 呎

Pronunciation

Definitions

呎

  1. (dated in Mainland China and Taiwan, still used in Hong Kong) Synonym of 英尺 (yīngchǐ, “foot”)
  2. (Hong Kong) square foot
    呢個單位大約五百呎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢个单位大约五百呎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei1 go3 daan1 wai6-2 daai6 joek3 ng5 baak3 cek3. [Jyutping]
    This flat is around 500 sq. ft. in size.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 平方英尺 (“square foot”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 平方英尺
Mandarin Taiwan 平方英尺
Cantonese Hong Kong 平方呎, 方呎, 呎

Compounds
  • 呎燭光／呎烛光
  • 呎磅
  • 平方呎 (píngfāngchǐ)
  • 方呎 (fāngchǐ)
  • 板呎
  • 立方呎

References

Japanese

Kanji
呎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. foot

Readings
  • Kan’yō-on: しゃく (shaku)
  • Kun: フィート (fīto, 呎)

Korean

Hanja

呎 (eum 척 (cheok))

  1. foot

Vietnamese

Han character

呎: Hán Nôm readings: xích, xếch

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