升

See also: 昇 and 陞

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TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

Han characterEdit

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

1. arise, go up
2. hoist
3. advance
4. an ancient measuring unit
5. 46th hexagram of the I Ching
6. 公升, i.e. litre

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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēng (sheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ

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

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

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JapaneseEdit

NounEdit

升 ‎(counter 升, hiragana ます, romaji 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.

KanjiEdit

升

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. measuring box

ReadingsEdit

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: ます (masu), のぼる (noboru)

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

升 (thăng, thưng)

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