升

See also: 昇 and 陞

升 U+5347, 升 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5347 ← 卆 [U+5346] CJK Unified Ideographs 午 → [U+5348]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

升 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿 (HT), four-corner 2440₀, composition ⿱丿廾)

Derived characters

• 㐼, 呏, 𡉧, 𡛈, 𢗢, 抍, 阩, 𬨠, 𣅮, 枡, 𤆭, 𥘥, 𮂶, 竔, 𮕭, 𰪮, 𥾷, 𦧌, 𭽎, 𰭰, 𮗤, 䛂, 𧿘, 𰼄, 𠦲, 𭅧, 𩫆, 𰅾, 𫧧, 𬹦, 𠧍
• 𬛲, 𰆁, 𠧌, 𦬱, 昇, 𦐒, 𧟨, 𠦿, 𰇌, 𡉼, 𮙶, 𨖲, 𫧪, 𡆼
• 𣃬, 𪣪, 𡎂, 𪣿, 陞, 陹, 𢱼, 𨕞, 𭽓, 𮫳, 𦭊, 𨌝, 𨬁

See also

• 飛

References

• 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

simp. and trad.		升
alternative forms		昇 “to rise; to promote” 陞 “to rise; to promote” 斘

Glyph origin

Qin-era bronze standard dipper measuring one 升 (shēng) (sheng)

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

	Old Chinese
升	*hljɯŋ
昇	*hljɯŋ
陞	*hljɯŋ
抍	*hljɯŋ, *ʔljɯŋʔ

Characters in the same phonetic series (升) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Pictogram (象形) of a dipper, compare 斗.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	升
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	識蒸切
Baxter	sying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiəŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	升	升
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	升
Reading #	1/1
No.	11300
Phonetic component	升
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	升
Old Chinese	/*hljɯŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shēng (sheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шын (šɨn, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂n

  (Hailu, HRS): shin^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sen¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): seng / chin

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹sen

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• Mandarin
  • (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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шын (šɨn, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing¹
    • Yale: sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: shin^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ʃin⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sən⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng / chin
    • Tâi-lô: sing / tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefng, cyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³/, /t͡sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sin⁴⁴/

Note:

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

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹sen
    • MiniDict: sen^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sən⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sying

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-təŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯŋ/

Definitions

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 升 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 升 (Cantonese)
• 升 (Gan)
• 升 (Wu)

升

1. a volume unit of measure:
   1. (historical) sheng, equal to 10 合 (hé)
   2. litre (unit of measure for volume, chiefly for liquid measure, equal to one thousandth of the cubic metre)

      常用容積單位升和毫升，也可以寫成L和mL。 [MSC, trad.]
      常用容积单位升和毫升，也可以写成L和mL。 [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.

2. to rise; to go up; to soar; to ascend (literally or figuratively)

   東升西落／东升西落  ―  dōng shēng xī luò  ―  to rise in the east and set in the west

   升值  ―  shēngzhí  ―  (finance) to appreciate (literally, "to rise in value")

3. to raise; to lift; to elevate; to promote

   升降機／升降机  ―  shēngjiàngjī  ―  elevator (literally "raising and lowering mechanism")

   老闆升了你的職。 [MSC, trad.]
   老板升了你的职。 [MSC, simp.]

   Lǎobǎn shēngle nǐde zhí. [Pinyin]

   The boss gave you a promotion (literally, "promoted your rank").

4. 46th hexagram of the I Ching; ䷭
5. Used in 升平 (shēngpíng, “peaceful”).
6. (music) sharp (♯)
7. a surname

Descendants

(Historical unit of measure)

• → Tocharian B: ṣank

Synonyms

• (litre): 公升 (gōngshēng), 市升 (shìshēng), 立升 (lìshēng)

Compounds

• 上升 (shàngshēng)
• 五穀不升 / 五谷不升
• 以升量石
• 免試升學 / 免试升学
• 入室升堂
• 公升 (gōngshēng)
• 升任 (shēngrèn)
• 升值 (shēngzhí)
• 升冪 / 升幂 (shēngmì)
• 升坐
• 升堂 (shēngtáng)
• 升堂入室
• 升堂拜母
• 升天 (shēngtiān)
• 升學 / 升学 (shēngxué)
• 升學主義 / 升学主义
• 升官 (shēngguān)
• 升帳 / 升帐 (shēngzhàng)
• 升平 (shēngpíng)
• 升引
• 升斗
• 升斗之祿
• 升斗小民
• 升旗 (shēngqí)
• 升格 (shēnggé)
• 升沉
• 升火
• 升班 (shēngbān)
• 升科
• 升空 (shēngkōng)
• 升等 (shēngděng)
• 升等考試 / 升等考试
• 升糖指數 / 升糖指数 (shēngtáng zhǐshù)
• 升糖素 (shēngtángsù)
• 升級 / 升级 (shēngjí)
• 升級換代 / 升级换代
• 升船機 / 升船机 (shēngchuánjī)
• 升記號 / 升记号
• 升遐 (shēngxiá)
• 升遷 / 升迁 (shēngqiān)
• 升降 (shēngjiàng)
• 升降機 / 升降机 (shēngjiàngjī)
• 升降舵 (shēngjiàngduò)
• 升騰 / 升腾 (shēngténg)
• 升高 (shēnggāo)
• 升高自下
• 回升 (huíshēng)
• 如日方升 (rúrìfāngshēng)
• 序升
• 折腰升斗
• 提升 (tíshēng)
• 揚升 / 扬升
• 擢升 (zhuóshēng)
• 攀升 (pānshēng)
• 教猱升木
• 斗升
• 斗升之水
• 斗升之祿
• 日升月恆 / 日升月恒 (rìshēngyuèhéng)
• 日月升恆 / 日月升恒 (rìyuèshēnghéng)
• 旭日初升
• 旭日東升 / 旭日东升 (xùrìdōngshēng)
• 晉升 / 晋升 (jìnshēng)
• 朝升暮合
• 東升 / 东升 (Dōngshēng)
• 榮升 / 荣升
• 毫升 (háoshēng)
• 湧升流 / 涌升流
• 爬升 (páshēng)
• 直升 (zhíshēng)
• 直升機 / 直升机 (zhíshēngjī)
• 竄升 / 窜升
• 裊裊上升 / 袅袅上升
• 設朝升殿 / 设朝升殿
• 調升 / 调升
• 超升 (chāoshēng)
• 躍升 / 跃升 (yuèshēng)
• 降升調 / 降升调
• 雞犬俱升 / 鸡犬俱升
• 雞犬升天 / 鸡犬升天 (jīquǎnshēngtiān)
• 騰捷飛升 / 腾捷飞升
• 高升 (gāoshēng)
• 高升調 / 高升调

 

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 升

升

(Jōyō kanji)

1. rise, ascend
2. measuring box

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kun: ます (masu, 升, Jōyō)、のぼる (noboru, 升る)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
升
ます Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠sɨ]

Noun

升(ます) • (masu)  (counter 升)

1. a volume unit, equal to ²⁴⁰¹⁄₁₃₃₁ 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

Kanji in this term
升
しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

升(しょう) • (shō) 

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠sɨ]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiːto̞]

Noun

升(ます) or 升(チート) • (masu or chīto) 

1. (video games, Internet slang) cheat

Korean

Hanja

升 (eum 승 (seung))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

升: Hán Nôm readings: thăng, thưng

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