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Reading

Kana: ます
Romaji: masu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

measuring box, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  75
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-4-4
Korean Reading:  seung
Chinese Reading:  dou3
Unicode:  67a1
JIS:  5B46

Indexes

Halpern Index: 860
Nelson Index: 2207
New Nelson Index: 2587
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4a4.6
Four Corner Index: 4490.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14577
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0248
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1070

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)
升席 (ますせき)
tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.
升酒 (ますざけ)
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)
selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)
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)
一斗枡 (いっとます)
18-litre measuring container
酒枡 (さかます)
masu container for drinking or measuring sake
升組 (ますぐみ)
square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)
斗枡 (とます)
18-litre measuring container
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