Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 縮尺(しゅくしゃく) in Japanese

縮尺
Kana Reading
しゅくしゃく
Romaji
shukushaku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    reduced scale; scaling
    Example sentence
    テキサス州の縮尺、２５万分の１の地図がほしいのですよ。 I want a map of Texas on a scale of 1 to 250000.

Examples of 縮尺, しゅくしゃく in a sentence

Kanji in this word

尺 JLPT 1

4 strokes

shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule

On'Yomi: シャク

Kun'Yomi:

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縮 JLPT 1

17 strokes

shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce

On'Yomi: シュク

Kun'Yomi: ちぢ.む, ちぢ.まる, ちぢ.める, ちぢ.れる, ちぢ.らす

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