Historical Units

Сяку (尺)

Определение

Традиционная японская единица длины, равная 10/33 метра (приблизительно 30,303 см); исторически заимствована из китайской системы.

Объяснение

Japan adopted the Chinese measurement system and the character 尺, but the shaku diverged slightly from its Chinese counterpart. It was divided into 10 sun, with 6 shaku making one ken (the standard room width in traditional architecture). Japan officially abolished the shaku for trade in 1891, replacing it with metric, but it persists in carpentry, textiles, and traditional arts such as shakuhachi flute making (the instrument is named after its standard 1-shaku-8-sun length).

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