Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2077 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: measuring box, 1.8 liter

Kunyomi: ます

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition: 丿

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: ten, complete

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ショウ shō, traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres

ショウセン rising up

イッショウ one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

Kunyomi Examples

ます 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)

売り ますうり selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)