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
Radical: 十
Meaning: ten, complete
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)
升 (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)
升売り (ますうり) selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)