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升 = 千 + 廾

升 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “measuring box”. It is built from 千 (thousand) and 廾 (two hands). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 42. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
measuring box
RTK frame
42
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ます
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мерная коробка
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
升 arise

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 千 thousand
  2. 廾 two hands

Alternative decomposition

  1. ノ katakana no
  2. 廾 two hands

Characters that contain 升

How to find 升 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “thousand” + “two hands”. 升 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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