Kanji

2401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: measuring box, (kokuji)

Kunyomi: ます

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

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)

升形 ますがた 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)

雨水 うすいます stormwater inlet, street inlet