昇 shēng

to ascend; to promote; to rise in rank

Character data

HSK Not in HSK
Radical ⽇ (72.4)
Strokes 8
Index # 6674

Definitions

昇 shēng
  1. 1. to ascend
  2. 2. to promote
  3. 3. to rise in rank
  4. 4. to rise to the rank of
  5. 5. to hoist
  6. 6. liter
  7. 7. measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗dǒu
  8. 8. variant of 升shēng

Stroke order

昇 stroke order diagram

Words containing 昇

Word Meaning
上昇 shàng shēng
to rise; to go up; to ascend
冉冉上昇 rǎn rǎn shàng shēng
to ascend slowly
提昇 tí shēng
to promote; to upgrade
昇值 shēng zhí
to rise in value; to appreciate
昇空 shēng kōng
to lift off; liftoff; to rise to the sky
昇調 shēng diào
rising tone (phonetics, e.g. on a question in English)
昇降 shēng jiàng
rising and falling
昇高 shēng gāo
to ascend; to raise
畢昇 bì shēng
Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type
金烏西墜，玉兔東昇 jīn wū xī zhuì ， yù tù dōng shēng
lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east
韓昇洙 hán shēng zhū
Han Seung-soo, South Korean politician
飛昇 fēi shēng
to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success); to take off
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