升

Meanings

1. Noun

   shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
2. measuring container; measuring box; measure
3. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
4. square on a grid; cell of a grid
5. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

• 灯火とうかをますの下したにかくすな。

  Hide not your light under a bushel.

• チェッカー盤ばんの黒くろと白しろの枡しょうは交互こうごに並ならんでいる。

  The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.