The kanji 升: meaning, readings and stroke order

升

Meaning: measuring box
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: ます masu
Strokes: 4
Radical: 十 ten, complete
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái đấu (đong) (thăng)
Japanese: ます。おこめやおさけをはかるはこ。
Korean: 되, 됫박 (승)
Chinese: 升（量器）

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

一いっ升しょう
one sho (about 1.8 liters)
米を 一いっ升しょう はかります。
I measure out one sho of rice.

ます masu · kun reading · less common

升ます
wooden measuring box
升ますで豆をはかります。
I measure beans with a wooden measuring box.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.