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升 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「十」

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準2High school level ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「十」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
ますmasu
Meaning
measuring box; shō

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of the box used to scoop grain; also a unit of volume.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onショウしょうshō升ます升目ますめ
Kunますmasu—

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 升目ますめ

    squares on a grid; measure

  • 一升いっしょう

    one shō (1.8 litres)

More words with this kanji

  • 升しょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖父(そふ)は升(ます)で米(べい)を量(はか)っていた。

My grandfather used to measure rice with a wooden box.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 十Map of reading ショウAll maps

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