度

• Measurement and Standard: Physical measurement (dimensions) or the tool used for measuring (the ruler). By extension, a normative standard, regulation, or administrative law (e.g., 法度). Also refers to "degree" or "extent," including the notion of moderation and proper proportion.
• Mental Evaluation: To weigh, calculate, ponder, or evaluate; a process of mental calibration.
• Transition and Passage: The act of crossing a physical boundary, threshold, or body of water. Also applies temporally to the act of passing through time (e.g., spending a day).

• Verb: Transitive (to measure an object; to evaluate a situation) or Intransitive (to pass through space or time).
• Noun: The tool (ruler), the result of measurement, or an abstract standard/system.
• Modifier: Used to indicate "to the extent of" or "in the manner of."

In early texts and older layers of the language, 度 frequently functions as "to cross" and is often interchangeable with 渡.

The glyph moves fluidly between physical space, social law, mental calculation, and physical movement. When translating, determine if the author is conceptualizing the subject as a dimension (size/degree), a rule (standard/law), a calculation (weighing options), or a transition (crossing over).