Readings

Kana: ショウ、ます
Romaji: shō, masu
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: のぼる
Romaji: noboru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

measuring box, 1.8 liter

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  2077
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  4-4-3
Korean Reading:  seung
Chinese Reading:  sheng1
Unicode:  5347
JIS:  3E23

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3455
Nelson Index: 160
New Nelson Index: 603
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a4.32
Four Corner Index: 2440.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1386
Gakken Index: 1575
Japanese Names Index: 113
Daikanwanjiten Index: 2702
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0534
Remembering the kanji Index: 42
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1109
Kodansha Compact Index: 242
Kanji in Context Index: 1915
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2154
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2906
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 41
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 42
Essential Kanji Index: 1816
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4266
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2255
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1031

Words

(ます、マス)
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
ます目 (ますめ)
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
一升瓶 (いっしょうびん)
1 sho bottle (1.8 litres)
升形 (ますがた、とがた)
square (shape); square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather)
升遷 (しょうせん)
rising up
(しょう)
sho (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres)
一升 (ひとます)
one square on a grid; one cell of a grid
一升 (いっしょう)
unit of old Japanese liquid measurement; 1800 cc
升席 (ますせき)
tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.
升組 (ますぐみ)
square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)
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