尺牘

See also: 尺牍

Chinese

		a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale	documents
trad. (尺牘)		尺	牘
simp. (尺牍)		尺	牍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǐdú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˇ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ duk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek-to̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǐdú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˇ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǐhdú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih³-tu²
    • Yale: chř-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyydwu
    • Palladius: чиду (čidu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ duk⁶
    • Yale: chek duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ tʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshik-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhekdok
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tɔk̚⁴/

Noun

尺牘

1. wooden strips one chi (尺) long used for writing
2. (literary) letter; epistle

Synonyms

• (letter):

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• 信
• 信件 (xìnjiàn)
• 信函 (xìnhán)
• 信札 (xìnzhá)
• 八行 (bāháng) (literary)
• 八行書 / 八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
• 函件 (hánjiàn)
• 尺素 (chǐsù) (literary, figurative)
• 手書 / 手书 (shǒushū) (literary)
• 手簡 / 手简 (shǒujiǎn) (literary)
• 書 / 书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
• 書信 / 书信 (shūxìn) (formal)
• 書函 / 书函 (shūhán)
• 書札 / 书札 (shūzhá) (literary)
• 書牘 / 书牍 (shūdú) (literary)
• 書簡 / 书简 (shūjiǎn) (literary)
• 筆札 / 笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
• 簡 / 简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鴻 / 鸿 (hóng) (literary, figurative)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (尺牘):

• → Japanese: 尺(せき)牘(とく) (sekitoku); 尺(しゃく)牘(どく) (shakudoku)
• → Korean: 척독(尺牘) (cheokdok)
• → Vietnamese: xích độc (尺牘)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
尺	牘
せき Grade: 6	とく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せきとく [sèkítókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲito̞kɯ̟]

Noun

尺(せき)牘(とく) • (sekitoku) 

1. a wooden block one seki in length and height used for writing
2. a letter or document; typically composed in kanbun

Derived terms

• 尺牘文(せきとくぶん) (sekitokubun)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
尺	牘
しゃく Grade: 6	とく > どく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟do̞kɯ̟]

Noun

尺(しゃく)牘(どく) • (shakudoku) 

1. a wooden block one seki in length and height used for writing
2. a letter or document; typically composed in kanbun

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN