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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 廾 十

升

Radical

Radical: 十

Meaning: ten, complete

Reading: じゅう

Frequency: 55

十

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

升遷 (ショウセン) rising up

一升 (イッショウ) one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)

Kunyomi Examples

升 (ます) measuring container, measuring box, measure, box (seating at a theatre, etc.), square on a grid, cell of a grid, square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

升売り (ますうり) selling by volume (esp. using a traditional wooden masu box)

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