升

See also: 昇 and 陞

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

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

• 昇 枡 陞

See alsoEdit

• 飛

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 156, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2702
• Dae Jaweon: page 353, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 33, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5347

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		升
alt. forms		昇／升 陞／升

Glyph originEdit

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (升) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
升	*hljɯŋ
昇	*hljɯŋ
陞	*hljɯŋ
抍	*hljɯŋ, *ʔljɯŋʔ

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēng (sheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹
• Min Nan (POJ): seng / chin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: shêng¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹
    • Yale: sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng
    • Tâi-lô: sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chin
    • Tâi-lô: tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cyn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin³³/

Note:

• seng - literary;
• chin - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕɨŋ/▼

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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*s-təŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯŋ/

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/

DefinitionsEdit

升

1. to rise
2. to raise
3. 46th hexagram of the I Ching
4. an ancient measuring unit
5. litre

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 升

• 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
• 升坐
• 升堂
• 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／升斗之禄
• 升斗小民
• 升旗 (shēngqí)
• 升格 (shēnggé)
• 升沉
• 升火

• 升班
• 升科
• 升空 (shēngkōng)
• 升等 (shēngděng)
• 升等考試／升等考试
• 升級／升级 (shēngjí)
• 升級換代／升级换代
• 升記號／升记号
• 升遐
• 升遷／升迁 (shēngqiān)
• 升降 (shēngjiàng)
• 升降機／升降机 (shēngjiàngjī)
• 升降舵
• 升騰／升腾 (shēngténg)
• 升高 (shēnggāo)
• 升高自下
• 回升 (huíshēng)
• 如日方升
• 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／斗升之禄
• 日升月恆／日升月恒
• 日月升恆／日月升恒
• 旭日初升
• 旭日東升／旭日东升
• 晉升／晋升 (jìnshēng)
• 朝升暮合
• 榮升／荣升
• 毫升 (háoshēng)
• 湧升流／涌升流
• 爬升
• 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
• 躍升／跃升
• 降升調／降升调
• 雞犬俱升／鸡犬俱升
• 雞犬升天／鸡犬升天
• 騰捷飛升／腾捷飞升
• 高升 (gāoshēng)
• 高升調／高升调

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

升

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

1. measuring box

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: 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)

NounEdit

升 (counter 升, hiragana ます, rōmaji masu)

1. a unit of liquid measure equal to 1.8 liters or 1800 ml.
2. a box used for measuring or serving sake in units of 1800 ml.

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

升 • (seung) (hangeul 승, revised seung, McCune-Reischauer sŭng)

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

升 (thăng, thưng)

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