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N1 4 strokes Grade 8 freq #2077

measuring box, 1.8 liter

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

ten jū

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
sheng (hexagram 46 of the I Ching: pushing upward)
Japanese astilbe (Astilbe japonica); false buck's beard
bugbane (Cimicifuga simplex)
Japanese bugbane (Cimicifuga biternata)
large mochi (usu. used for ceremonies)
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

measuring container; measuring box
break and run out in billiards (9 ball, 8 ball, etc.)
square framing (in a house, temple, screen, etc.)
one square on a grid; one cell of a grid
selling by volume (esp. using a traditional wooden masu box)
alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box
square (shape)
tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.