Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
measuring box, 1.8 liter
Kun:
ます
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2077 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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)

Kun reading compounds

  • 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)

Readings

Japanese names:
のぼる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng1
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • caja para medir
  • unidad de capacidad (1.8 litros)

Portuguese

  • Medida p/ caixa
  • 1.8 litro

French

  • boîte mesure (1,8 litre)
  • boîte
  • cellule (sur une grille)
1386 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1575 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
160 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1816 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1109 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
113 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1898 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2074 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1915 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
242 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4266 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2154 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2906 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2702 Morohashi
3455 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
603 New Nelson (John Haig)
42 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
42 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1031 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2255 2001 Kanji
0a4.32 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
2440.0 Four corner code
1-30-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5347 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
318 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 割愛 【カツアイ】 omitting (reluctantly), leaving out, dropping, giving up (reluctantly), parting with, sharing, sparing
  • 割譲 【カツジョウ】 cession (of territory)
  • 正割 【セイカツ】 secant (trigonometric function)
  • 等割 【トウカツ】 equal cleavage (embryology)

Kun reading compounds

  • 割る 【わる】 to divide, to cut, to halve, to separate, to split, to rip, to break, to crack, to smash, to dilute, to fall below, to discount, to step over (a line, etc.)
  • 割り 【わり】 rate, ratio, proportion, one tenth, ten percent, (comparative) profit, gain, assignment, allotment, allocation, match, schedule of matches, diluted with (of drinks), mixed with, discount, rebate
  • 割合 【わりあい】 rate, ratio, percentage, proportion, comparatively, contrary to expectations
  • 学割 【がくわり】 student discount
  • 手合割 【てあいわり】 handicap (go, shogi)
  • 割り 【わり】 rate, ratio, proportion, one tenth, ten percent, (comparative) profit, gain, assignment, allotment, allocation, match, schedule of matches, diluted with (of drinks), mixed with, discount, rebate
  • 割合 【わりあい】 rate, ratio, percentage, proportion, comparatively, contrary to expectations
  • 学割 【がくわり】 student discount
  • 手合割 【てあいわり】 handicap (go, shogi)
  • 割れる 【われる】 to break, to be smashed, to split, to crack, to fissure, to be torn, to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.), to split (e.g. of a party), to come to light, to become clear, to be identified, to be revealed, to become distorted (of sound), to clip, to be divisible (without a remainder), to drop below a minimum
  • 裂く 【さく】 to tear, to rip up, to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen), to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers), to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something, to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
hal

Spanish

  • dividir
  • distribuir
  • proporción
  • separar
  • fracturar

Portuguese

  • proporção
  • comparativamente
  • divide
  • corte
  • separa
  • parte

French

  • briser
  • diviser
  • couper
  • séparer
  • proportion
  • pourcentage (10%)
838 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
823 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
357 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
703 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1274 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
364 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1696A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
519 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
528 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
786 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
204 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2284 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1180 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1611 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1567 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2112P Morohashi
1816 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
507 New Nelson (John Haig)
1553 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1673 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
414 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
938 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
743 2001 Kanji
2f10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-2 SKIP code
3260.0 Four corner code
1-19-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5272 Unicode hex code