ます

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See also: のぼり and
ます U+5347, 升
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5347
そつ
[U+5346]
CJK Unified Ideographs うま
[U+5348]

Translingual

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Stroke order
4 strokes

Han character

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ます (Kangxi radical 24, じゅう+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input たけ廿にじゅう (HT), four-corner 24400, composition 丿)

Derived characters

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See also

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2702
  • Dae Jaweon: page 353, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 33, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5347

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
ます
alternative forms のぼり “to rise; to promote”
“to promote; to rise”

Wikipedia has articles on:
Qin-era bronze standard dipper measuring one ます (shēng) (sheng)

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character ます
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形しょうけい) of a dipper, compare .

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • seng - literary ("to rise");
  • chin - vernacular (measuring unit).

Rime
Character ます
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) しょ (26)
Final (いん) ふけ (133)
Tone (調しらべ) Level (Ø)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie ふけきり
Baxter sying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɕiəŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character ます ます
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ sying › ‹ sying ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-təŋ/ /*s-təŋ/
English 1/10th of a dǒu ⽃斗 rise (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character ます
Reading # 1/1
No. 11300
Phonetic
component
ます
Rime
group
ふけ
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
ます
Old
Chinese
/*hljɯŋ/

Definitions

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ます

  1. to rise; to go up; to soar; to ascend (literally or figuratively)
    ひがします西にします西にし  ―  dōng shēng xī luò  ―  to rise in the east and set in the west
    ます  ―  shēngzhí  ―  (finance) to appreciate (literally, "to rise in value")
  2. to raise; to lift; to elevate; to promote
    ますくだますくだつくえ  ―  shēngjiàngjī  ―  elevator (literally "raising and lowering mechanism")
    ろうますりょうてきしょく [MSC, trad.]
    ろういたますりょうてき [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎobǎn shēngle nǐde zhí. [Pinyin]
    The boss gave you a promotion (literally, "promoted your rank").
  3. 46th hexagram of the I Ching;
  4. a volume unit of measure:
    1. (historical) sheng, equal to 10 ごう ()
    2. litre (unit of measure for volume, chiefly for liquid measure, equal to one thousandth of the cubic metre)
      常用じょうよう容積ようせき單位たんいますますうつしなりLmL [MSC, trad.]
      常用じょうようよう单位ますますうつしなりLmL [MSC, simp.]
      Chángyòng róngjī dānwèi shēng hé háoshēng, yě kěyǐ xiě chéng L hé mL. [Pinyin]
      Commonly used volume units such as litres and millilitres can also be written as L and mL.
  5. Used in 升平ますへい (shēngpíng, “peaceful”).
  6. (music) sharp ()
  7. a surname

Compounds

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Descendants

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(Historical unit of measure)

  • Tocharian B: ṣank

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji

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ます

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Kanji in this term
ます
ます
Grade: S
kun’yomi
  1. rise, ascend
  2. measuring box

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ます(ます) (masu (counter ます)

  1. a volume unit, equal to 24011331 litres (approximately 1804 millilitres).
    1. a box used for measuring or serving sake in such volume.
    2. in bottled wine, it is measured in 1800 millilitres.

Etymology 2

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From the similarity of the character to the katakana チート (chīto, cheat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ます(ます) or ます(チート) (masu or chīto

  1. (video games, Internet slang) cheat

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
ます
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

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ます(しょう) (shō

  1. a unit of volume, equal to 10 ごう () or about 1.8 liters

Korean

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Hanja

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ます (eum (seung))

  1. ( 승): A unit of volume equivalent to about 1.8 L.

Vietnamese

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Han character

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ます: Hán Nôm readings: thăng, thưng

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