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
4 strokes

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

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 promote; to rise”
斘
Qin-era bronze standard dipper measuring one 升 (shēng) (sheng)

Glyph origin

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

Pictogram (象形) of a dipper, compare 斗.

Pronunciation


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

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/
Bernard
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/

Definitions

升

  1. 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")
  2. 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").
  3. 46th hexagram of the I Ching; ䷭
  4. 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.
  5. Used in 升平 (shēngpíng, “peaceful”).
  6. (music) sharp (♯)
  7. a surname

Compounds

Descendants

(Historical unit of measure)

  • → Tocharian B: ṣank

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji

升

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma̠sɨᵝ]

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

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma̠sɨᵝ]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiːto̞]

Noun

升(ます) or 升(チート) • (masu or chīto) 

  1. (video games, Internet slang) cheat

Etymology 3

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

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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