尺

chě = ch + e3

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]

尺 = ㇏ + 尸 : Charlie Chaplin and a ghost found a big finger in the space station. They measure it using a tape-measure.

尺 character breakdown

尺
- 尸
- ㇏

尸

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍|尸[shi1] / corpse

Sherlock Holmes (sh) is investigating a crime scene with a corpse (尸) in front of the space station (Ø1). The victim's ghost (尸) is trying to give him hints from the afterlife about their killer.

尸

屍

shi̅ = sh + Ø1

corpse

㇏

nà = n + a4

Right-falling stroke

Mnemonic symbol: this one looks like a finger.

Napoleon (n) is giving you the finger (㇏) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).

Characters with 尺 as component

尽

盡

jìn = ji + (e)n4

to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

尽 = ⺀ + 尺 : Someone or something is using up all the blossoms in the encampment's bathroom, each day one more is missing. Joan of Arc wants to find out when they will be used up, so each day, she measures the remaining blossoms with a tape-measure.

尽

儘

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to

迟

遲

chí = ch + Ø2

late / delayed / slow

迟 = 尺 + 辶 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) arrived late (迟) at the space station's entrance (Ø2). He used tape measures (尺) as laces for his gladiator sandals (辶), but they got all messed up so that Charlie was stumpling a lot on his way to the space station's entrance.

迟

遲

chí = ch + Ø2

surname Chi

昼

晝

zhòu = zh + ou4

daytime

昼 = 尺 + 旦 : During the daytime (昼) James II of England (zh) measures the time by measuring how much coffee is left in his coffee mug (旦) with a tape measure (尺). He has the habit of doing so in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).

呎

chǐ = ch + Ø3

foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) / old form of modern 英尺[ying1 chi3]

駅

yì = y + Ø4

Japanese variant of 驛|驿[yi4]

沢

zé = z + e2

Japanese variant of 澤|泽

咫

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty