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Kanji Detail for 仞 - "fathom, measure"

  • Meaning

    仞 means "fathom, measure."

    1. Fathom - A unit of height or depth (seven or eight feet).

    2. Measure - To gauge depth.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fathom

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ancient unit of measure (8 feet); 'fathom'

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ancient unit of measure (about 8 feet); a fathom

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    In ancient times, eight Zhou chi made one 仞, equivalent to 6.48 chi in construction measure.
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