Kanji Detail for 咫 - "span, near"

咫

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
咫 means "span, near."
1. Span - A unit of length in the Zhou dynasty (about 8 inches).
2. Near - Close by.
3. Span - A measure from thumb to middle finger.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

short; span

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

foot measure of Zhou dynasty

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

unit of length used during the Zhou dynasty

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

Eight inches in Zhou measurement is called 咫.
Onyomi

shi(し)
Kunyomi

ta(た)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

口 (kuchi・kuchihen)
Related Keywords
span unit length zhou dynasty near close measure thumb middle finger