Word Meaning 杓子定規

しゃくしじょうぎ shakushijougi

杓子定規 is read as しゃくしじょうぎ (shakushijougi) and means strict.

Meaning

English

strict
hidebound
inflexible
being a stickler for the rules
sticking hard and fast to the rules

Reading

Kana

しゃくしじょうぎ

Romaji

shakushijougi

Writing Variants

しゃくし定規 しゃくしじょうぎ shakushijougi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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杓子

しゃくし

bamboo ladle

杓子果報

しゃくしかほう

coming by ample servings of delicious food

杓子で腹を切る

しゃくしではらをきる

to do something impossible

定規

じょうぎ

(measuring) ruler

丁字形定規

ていじけいじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

三角定規

さんかくじょうぎ

triangles (used in mechanical drawing)

丁字定規

ていじじょうぎ

T square

丁定規

ていじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

子規

しき

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

手前定規

てまえじょうぎ

self-serving logic

T定規

てぃーじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

雲形定規

くもがたじょうぎ

French curve