枡

枡 U+67A1, 枡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67A1 ← 枠 [U+67A0] CJK Unified Ideographs 枢 → [U+67A2]

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒu, shēng (dou³, sheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ, ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dau², sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tou³
    • Yale: dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doou
    • Palladius: доу (dou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sheng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹
    • Yale: shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng
    • Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dau², sing¹
    • Yale: dáu, sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dau², sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: deo², xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐu̯³⁵/, /sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

枡

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 126

Japanese

Glyph origin

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

Kanji

枡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: ます (masu, 枡)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
枡
ます Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
升 桝 斗

Cognate with Okinawan 枡 (mashi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ます [màsú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ます​ [màsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠sɨᵝ]

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

• (cell of a grid): 枡目(ますめ) (masume)

Compounds

• 枡(ます)記(き)号(ごう) (masukigō)
• 枡目(ますめ) (masume)
• 黒(くろ)枡(ます) (kuromasu)