Six shaku (about 1.8 m) and eight shaku (about 2.4 m) are actually longer than the length of two steps, however, because bu was related to shaku at a time when a shaku was shorter than it is now.
8尺、6尺はそれぞれ約2.4m、約1.8mで歩幅にしては少し長いが、これは尺が現在よりも短かった時代に尺と関連づけられたためである。