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Kanji Detail for 丈 - "height, length unit, measurement"

  • Meaning

    丈 means "height, length unit, measurement."

    1. Height - Stature; body length.

    2. To measure - To survey land.

    3. Length unit - One jō equals ten shaku; about 303 centimeters in Japan.

    4. Elder - A respectful term for elderly or senior persons.

    5. Honorific - An honorific added to kabuki actors' stage names.

    6. Particle - Used for the particles 'take' and 'dake'.

  • Words using

    • 大丈夫 だいじょうぶ Listen safe; secure; sound
    • 丈夫 じょうぶ Listen healthy; robust; strong
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 波乱万丈 はらんばんじょう Listen stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
    • 気炎万丈 きえんばんじょう Listen in high spirits; talking big
    • 黄塵万丈 こうじんばんじょう Listen rising cloud of (yellowish) dust
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    • Verified meaning: height, length unit, measurement
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう, じょうじ, たかし, たけ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (じょう)Listen (たかし)Listen (たけし)Listen (つかさ)Listen (ひでお)Listen (ますお)Listen

    Surnames (じょうじ)Listen (たけ)Listen (たける)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    length; ten shaku; measure; Mr.; Ms.; height; stature; all (one has); only; that's all; merely

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    unit of length equal 3.3 meters; gentleman, man, husband

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters

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

    Ten chi equals one zhang. | To measure land is called 丈. Such as 清丈, meaning to survey farmland and verify actual amounts. | A respectful term for elders. All seniors of higher generation are generally called 丈.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • He is sure to succeed.

  • Ken is as tall as bill.

  • Are you all right?

  • To tell truth , i'm not so well as before.

  • How tall is your youngest brother?

  • If we hurry , we'll make it.

  • I am quite all right now.

  • You can do it.

  • You'll get used to it soon.

  • She asked me if i was all right.

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