枡

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枡 U+67A1, 枡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67A1
← 枠
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 枢 →

Translingual

Han character

枡 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木竹廿 (DHT), composition ⿰木升)

  1. measuring box

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 517, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14577
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1170, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+67A1

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 枡

Pronunciation

Definitions

枡

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References

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

枡

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Kun: ます (masu, 枡)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
枡
ます
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
升
桝
斗

Cognate with Okinawan 枡 (mashi).

Pronunciation

Noun

枡(ます) or 枡(マス) • (masu) 

  1. masu (square wooden box)
  2. cell of a grid
    全(すべ)てのマスを埋(う)めろ。
    Subete no masu o umero.
    Fill in all of the cells.

Synonyms

Compounds

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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