1 inch, 指 , a finger's breadth. 

4 inches, 握 or 扶, a grasp with four fingers. 

8 inches, 只. 

10 inches, 尺, a foot. 

12 inches, 武 or 迹 the footprint of an ordinary man. 

3 feet, 苛, the length of an arrow shaft. 

6 feet, 狸步, a fox's stride. 

6 feet, 弓, a bow's length. 

6 feet, 步, a pace. 

8 feet,仞. 

8 feet, 尋. 

16 feet, 常. 

1 8 feet, 制 

{Vide Chapter XVII., i (p), etc.) 

斗, tou.

 

5 tou make a 筥, chü

10 tou make a 斛, hu (5 su equal 8 hu)

16 tou make a 籔, su.

16 hu or 10 su = 秉, ping.

240 tou or 15 su = 車, chü

4 ping = 筥 chü

10 chü= 稷, tsung. 

400 ping or 10 稷 = 秅 ch'a. 

In this table the figures refer to the character under which they lie. 

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