zhǎ
  1. span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)
  2. to span (measure with one's hand)

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete)
  2. Classifier for lengths in spans, or the width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the middle finger or little finger: span
  3. to measure by handspans; to span

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