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升

升 — measuring box, 1.8 liter

On
ショウ
Kun
ます
Strokes
4
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 升

  • 升ますmeasuring container; measuring box; measureCommon

    灯火をますの下にかくすな。
    Hide not your light under a bushel.

  • 一升いっしょうone shō (approx. 1.8 litres)Rare
  • 升しょうshō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litresRare
  • 一升ひとますone square on a grid; one cell of a gridRare
  • 升席ますせきtatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.Rare
  • 升酒ますざけalcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a…Rare
  • 升組ますぐみsquare framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)Rare
  • 升割ますわりbreak and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.)Rare
  • 地風升ちふうしょうsheng (hexagram 46 of the I Ching: pushing upward)Rare
  • 犬升麻いぬしょうまJapanese bugbane (Cimicifuga biternata)Rare
  • 一升餅いっしょうもちlarge mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)Rare
  • 泡盛升麻あわもりしょうまJapanese astilbe (Astilbe japonica); false buck's beardRare
  • 蓮華升麻れんげしょうまfalse anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)Rare
  • 一升瓶いっしょうびんone-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)Rare
  • 晒菜升麻さらしなしょうまbugbane (Cimicifuga simplex)Rare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 16 words that use 升.

  • 升 ます measuring container; measuring box; measure
  • 升 しょう shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
  • 一升 いっしょう one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
  • 一升 ひとます one square on a grid; one cell of a grid
  • 升席 ますせき tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.

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