Search Kanji for 升/meaning-of-先

before

Radical:

Parts:ノ土儿

Dictionary:

Meanings

before; ahead; previous; future; precedence

センsen
さきsaki · ま.ずmazu
Popularity rank: 173 Pinyin: xiān Korean: seon Hán-Việt: tiên
Stroke counts: 6 Grade level: 1 JLPT level: 4 Skip code: 2-4-2

Example Words

お先に[osakini] before
この先の心持ち[konosakinokokoromochi] feelings from this point on
データの先頭[deetanosentou] beginning of data
ペン先[pensaki] pen nibs
一寸先[issunsaki] an inch ahead
一足先[hitoashisaki] one step ahead
烏有先生[uyuusensei] fictitious person
縁先[ensaki] veranda edge
下馬先[gebasaki] dismounting place
火先[hisaki] flames

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measuring box

Radical:

Parts:ノ廾十

Dictionary:

Meanings

measuring box; 1.8 liter

ショウshō
ますmasu
Popularity rank: 2077 Pinyin: shēng Korean: seung Hán-Việt: thăng
Stroke counts: 4 Grade level: 8 JLPT level: 1 Skip code: 4-4-3

Example Words

一升[isshou] unit of old Japanese liquid measurement
一升壜[isshoubin] 1 sho bottle (1.8 litres)
升目[masume] measure
升席[masuseki] tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.
升形[masugata] square (shape)
升遷[shousen] rising up
升酒[masuzake] alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box
升売り[masuuri] selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)
蓮華升麻[rengeshouma] false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)

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