升 — kanji meaning “measuring box”
升
measuring box, 1.8 liter
- Meanings
- measuring box, 1.8 liter
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- ます
- Name readings
- のぼる
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2077 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 24
- Chinese reading
- shēng — Chinese character page
Words with 升
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一升瓶 | いっしょうびん isshoubin | one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres) |
| 一升 | いっしょう isshou | one shō (approx. 1.8 litres) |
| 升席 | ますせき masuseki | tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc. |
| 升形 | ますがた masugata | square (shape) |
| 升酒 | ますざけ masuzake | alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box |
| 升売り | ますうり masuuri | selling by volume (esp. using a traditional wooden masu box) |
| 蓮華升麻 | れんげしょうま rengeshouma | false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla) |
| 一升 | ひとます hitomasu | one square on a grid; one cell of a grid |
| 升組 | ますぐみ masugumi | square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.) |
| 升割 | ますわり masuwari | break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.) |
| 一升餅 | いっしょうもち isshoumochi | large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies) |
| 犬升麻 | いぬしょうま inushouma | Japanese bugbane (Cimicifuga biternata) |
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