YankeePerm at aol.com wrote: > Is a tenth of a foot called a toe? > No. A half-toe. Five toes to the foot. In the old Japanese units of measurement, the shaku, or Japanese foot (11.93") was divided into ten 'sun'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_units_of_measurement So maybe that should be two suns in one toe. Cheers, Chris Green.