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Measure Radical Slang R 尺 シャク せき Shaku

Kanji
Onyomi シャク
Nanori せき
English shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 1940
Components 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)
八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 44
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading しかばね・かばね・かばねだれ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword shaku
Koohii Story 1 Slang for blowjob and that´s priceless for stories...but also the character looks like the letter R which I think of as standing for RULER (12 inches) other meanings include: rule, measure, length.
Koohii Story 2 Since this is SLANG for BLOW JOB and since it looks like an "R", let´s have the primitive be the R in BROW JOB. :).

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_counting_units.of.length

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