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

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
西
Variants:
transition, move, change
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1937 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 遷都 【セント】 relocation of the capital, transfer of the capital
  • 遷宮 【セングウ】 installation of a deity in a new shrine, transfer of a shrine
  • 左遷 【サセン】 demotion, relegation, reduction in rank, degradation, downward move
  • 聖遷 【セイセン】 Hegira, Hejira, Hijra

Kun reading compounds

  • 移る 【うつる】 to move (house), to transfer (department), to change the target of interest or concern, to elapse (passage of time), to be permeated by a colour or scent, to be infected, to be contagious, to spread (as in fire)
  • 移す 【うつす】 to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.), to change, to swap, to substitute, to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.), to divert (one's attention) to, to spend (time), to let (time) pass, to infect, to permeate something (with a color, smell, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • traslado
  • transferencia

Portuguese

  • transição
  • mover
  • mudança

French

  • transition
  • changement
  • déménagement
  • dégrader (armée, profession)
1498 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1975 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4743 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1447 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1820 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
943 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1896 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
722 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3932 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2027 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1624 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39123P Morohashi
3170 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6113 New Nelson (John Haig)
1610 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1737 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1810 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3256 2001 Kanji
2q12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3130.1 Four corner code
1-33-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9077 Unicode hex code