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measuring box
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingます
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. measuring boxRtK
  2. 1.8 liter
  1. measuring container
  2. measure
  3. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
  4. square on a grid

Homonyms

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Same reading (ます)
増す · to increase

Radicals and components

Radical十ten
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thousand · drop (丶) · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 42

Compound words

一升いっしょう
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
升形ますがた
square (shape)
升酒ますざけ
alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box
升席ますせき
tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.
升目マスめ
measure
一升瓶いっしょうびん
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
一升壜いっしょうびん
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
升売りますうり
selling by volume (esp. using a traditional wooden masu box)
一升びんいっしょうびん
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
一升ビンいっしょうびん
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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