丈

Derived characters

 * 仗 𡉋 𡚹 𢗆 扙 杖 𤣸 粀 𧘓 𨥅 𠀋 㽴 吏 更
 * 𭷹 𭶾 𮊨 𮩟 𭑢

Glyph origin
– ten chi is one zhang (丈).

Etymology

 * "gentleman, older man, husband"
 * From (, STEDT; compare 🇨🇬). Cognate with  "upwards", 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, etc.


 * "unit of measurement"
 * From, compare 🇨🇬

Definitions

 * 1) A unit of measurement.
 * 2) The zhang, a traditional Chinese unit of length equal to 10 chi
 * 3) The mainland zhang, a unit of length standardized in 1984 as 3 1/3 meters.
 * 4) The Taiwanese zhang, a unit of length standardized as 3 1/33 meters, identical to the Japanese jō.
 * 5) The Hong Kong jeuhng, standardized as 3.71475 meters.
 * 6) to survey (land); to measure
 * 7) gentleman; man; husband
 * 1) gentleman; man; husband

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) jō, a traditional Japanese unit of length based on 10 shaku, standardized as equal to $3 1/33$ meters.

Etymology 2
→ →

Cognate with, , and.

Noun

 * 1) height

Usage notes

 * The kanji spelling is rarely used.

Hanja

 * 1) A unit of measurement equal to the Chinese zhang