Word and Radical Components of 卷尺

The Chinese word 卷尺 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
卷尺		1. Simplified form of 捲尺

卷尺 ⇨ 卷 + 尺

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
卷	juǎn	1. Alternative form of 捲 (to roll up; to roll)
		2. Alternative form of 捲 (to sweep up; to carry along; to sweep away)
		3. Alternative form of 捲 (to embroil; to involve)
		4. Alternative form of 捲 (roll; cylinder; tube; scroll)
		5. (neologism, slang) Short for 內卷, intense competition among peers; to study harder or work longer as a result
	juàn	6. reel of books
		7. book; scroll
		8. volume; chapter; fascicle
		9. (computing) volume (attention, zh, is this definition under the right pronunciation?)
		新-加卷juàn - new volume
		10. examination paper
	quán	11. Alternative form of 婘 (fine; good)
		12. Variant of 券
尺	chǐ, chí	1. chi; Chinese foot (a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm and equal to 10 cun (丈*))
		2. (Mainland) mainland chi; Chinese foot, standardized in 1984 as meter
		3. (Taiwan) Taiwanese foot, standardized as meter and identical to the Japanese shaku
		4. (Hong Kong) chek; Hong Kong foot, standardized as 0.371475 meters
		5. (informal) imperial foot
		Synonyms: 英尺, 呎
		6. ruler (straightedge)
		7. tape measure
	chě	8. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note re (2).
		9. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note re (2).