昇

昇

See also: 升

昇 U+6607, 昇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6607 ← 昆 [U+6606] CJK Unified Ideographs 昈 → [U+6608]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

昇 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日竹廿 (AHT), four-corner 6044₀, composition ⿱日升)

References

• KangXi: page 491, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13794
• Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1490, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6607

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Chinese

trad.		昇
simp.		升
alternative forms		曻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 昇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljɯŋ) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 升 (OC *hljɯŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēng (sheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹
    • Yale: sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕɨŋ/

Rime
Character	昇
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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	昇
Reading #	1/1
No.	11301
Phonetic component	升
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	升
Old Chinese	/*hljɯŋ/

Definitions

昇

1. (obsolete) rising of the sun
2. Alternative form of 升 (shēng, “to rise; to ascend”).
3. Alternative form of 升 (shēng, “to promote”).
4. Used in 昇平／升平 (“peaceful”).
5. a surname
6. Used in personal names.

Compounds

四海昇平／四海升平 拔宅上昇／拔宅上升 拔宅飛昇／拔宅飞升 提昇／提升 昇仙／升仙 (shēngxiān) 昇天／升天

昇平／升平 昇汞／升汞 (shēnggǒng) 昇華／升华 東昇／东升 歌舞昇平／歌舞升平 (gēwǔshēngpíng)

海宇昇平／海宇升平 白日昇天／白日升天 白日飛昇／白日飞升 飛昇／飞升 高昇／高升

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Japanese

Kanji

昇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to rise up

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
• Kun: のぼる (noboru, 昇る, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 昇進(しょうしん) (shōshin)

Proper noun

昇(のぼる) • (Noboru) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

昇 • (seung) (hangeul 승, revised seung, McCune–Reischauer sŭng, Yale sung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

昇: Hán Nôm readings: thăng

1. to rise, ascending, or a person's first name "Thăng"