Traditional Japanese unit of length, roughly 1.8 meters, used for measuring water depth or rope length.
The water depth in this area is about ten fathoms.
The sailors threw a three-fathom rope into the sea.
The sea around here is about ten fathoms deep.
great length; great size
Standard kanji spelling for the traditional Japanese fathom unit.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Originally from the span of outstretched arms; the kanji 尋 is associated with the meaning 'fathom'.