
升 - Measuring Box
At a festival, you lift a Measuring Box 'masu' with both hands, its rim showing a neat bend like the ancient scoop the character once depicted. That little box measured rice and sake by the shō, and 1升 is roughly 1.8 liters, so the size sticks in your head.
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升 - Measuring Box
Index # 810
Grade 4
4 strokes
JLPT Level : N1
Readings : ショウ, ます