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Quick Reference

1 Shaku = 2.0034 Shaftment

1 Shaftment = 0.499142 Shaku

Shaku to Shaftment Conversion Formula

To convert Shaku to Shaftment, multiply by 2.0034.

Shaftment = Shaku × 2.0034

Shaku = Shaftment × 0.499142

To convert Shaftment back to Shaku, divide by 2.0034 (or multiply by 0.499142).

About These Units

About Shaku

The shaku is a Japanese word meaning "measure" or "scale", also used for several traditional units in Japan: [1] As a unit of distance, the shaku is the Japanese foot, equal to about 30.30 centimeters or 11.93 inches; [2] As a unit of area, the shaku equals 330.6 square centimeters (51.24 square inches); [3] As a unit of volume, the shaku equals about 18.04 milliliters (0.61 U.S. fluid ounce).

About Shaftment

A shaftment, when used as a unit of length, is usually six inches or two palms, i.e. 15.24 cm (for the international inch). It is thought to be the distance from the tip of the outstretched thumb to the other side of the palm.In English this unit has mostly fallen out of use, as do others based on the human arm: digit (1/8 shaftment), finger (7/48 shaftment), palm (½ shaftment) hand (2/3 shaftment), span (1½ shaftments), cubit (3 shaftments) and ell (7½ shaftments).

Shaku to Shaftment Conversion Table

Shaku	Shaftment	Shaftment	Shaku
0.1	0.200344	0.1	0.049914
0.5	1.0017	0.5	0.249571
1	2.0034	1	0.499142
2	4.0069	2	0.998284
5	10.0172	5	2.4957
10	20.0344	10	4.9914
20	40.0688	20	9.9828
25	50.0860	25	12.4785
50	100.1719	50	24.9571
100	200.3438	100	49.9142
250	500.8596	250	124.7855
500	1001.72	500	249.5710
1000	2003.44	1000	499.1419

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