升 (ます): measuring box

Dictionary

升ます

measuring box

N1 KMT9Freq #2077Core ConceptsAmbiguous glossKanji4 strokes

Two hands bend to fill the measuring box, precisely 1.8 liters.

Kun'yomi

ます

On'yomi

ショウ

Nanori

のぼる

measuring box1.8 liter

丿廾

丿

廾

十

Stroke 0 / 4

Speed1.0x

Concepts using this kanji

一升

one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

升売り

selling by volume (esp. using a traditional wooden masu box)

升組

square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)

升

measuring container

升席

tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

升形

square (shape)

升割

break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.)

一升瓶

one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

一升餅

large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)

升酒

alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box

犬升麻

Japanese bugbane (Cimicifuga biternata)

泡盛升麻

Japanese astilbe (Astilbe japonica)

蓮華升麻

false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)

晒菜升麻

bugbane (Cimicifuga simplex)

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well

thousand

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few

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Component Breakdown2

Radical Decomposition3

Stroke Order4

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