Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
commander, leading troops, governor
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2016 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 元帥 【ゲンスイ】 (field) marshal, (fleet) admiral, general of the army
  • 総帥 【ソウスイ】 commander-in-chief, leader, head of a group of companies

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shuai4, shuo4
Korean:
sol, su

Spanish

  • dirigir las tropas
  • mandar un ejército

Portuguese

  • comandante
  • tropas líder
  • governador

French

  • commandant
  • mener des troupes
  • gouverneur
1454 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2025 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
109 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1741 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
883 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1935 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2120 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1894 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
560 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1642 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
868 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1185 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1278 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8886 Morohashi
1290 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1559 New Nelson (John Haig)
1270 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1362 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1249 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
3f6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
2472.7 Four corner code
1-31-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e25 Unicode hex code

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