EntryCommonWaniKani 60
  1. Noun

    measuring container; measuring box; measure

    灯火をますの下にかくすな。
    Hide not your light under a bushel.
  2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)

  3. square on a grid; cell of a grid

    esp. マス

  4. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

Also written 枡【ます】桝【ます】斗【ます】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

measuring box, 1.8 liter

Kun
ます
On
ショウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2077 of 2500
Radical
ten
WaniKani
Level 60

Built from

Used in names as

のぼる

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
4-4-3SKIP code
0a4.32The Kanji Dictionary
2440.0Four corner code
2255deroo
5347Unicode hex code
1-30-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
160Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
603New Nelson (John Haig)
3455New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4266Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2154Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2906Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
42Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
42Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1575A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
113Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1816Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2702Morohashi
1386A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1898Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2074Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1109Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1031Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1915Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
242Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
41Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
seungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
60WaniKani level