升

See also: 昇 and 陞
升 U+5347, 升
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5347
← 卆
[U+5346] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 午 →
[U+5348]

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

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 升
alternative forms 昇／升
陞／升
斘
 
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Qin-era bronze standard dipper measuring one 升 (sheng)

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

Pictogram (象形) of a dipper, compare 斗.

PronunciationEdit

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

    DefinitionsEdit

    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。 / 老板升了你的职。  ―  Lǎobǎn shēngle nǐde zhí.  ―  The boss gave you a promotion (literally, "promoted your rank").
    3. 46th hexagram of the I Ching; ䷭
    4. (historical) sheng (historical unit of measure for volume)
    5. 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.
    6. (music) sharp (♯)

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 升

    DescendantsEdit

    (Historical unit of measure)

    • → Tocharian B: ṣank

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    升

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

    ReadingsEdit

    Etymology 1Edit

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    升(ます) • (masu)  (counter 升)

    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.

    Etymology 2Edit

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

    PronunciationEdit

    NounEdit

    升(ます) or 升(チート) • (masu or chīto) 

    1. (video games, Internet slang) cheat

    Etymology 3Edit

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

    NounEdit

    升(しょう) • (shō) 

    1. a unit of volume, one-tenth of a 合 (gō) or about 1.8 liters

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    升 (eum 승 (seung))

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

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    升: Hán Nôm readings: thăng, thưng

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