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)

Derived characters

𫢰, 𭖬, 𢛿, 𨺒, 𭦠, 焺, 𮴢, 𧖿, 𮢆, 𮸒, 髜, 𩳪, 鵿, 𬴙, 𨵒, 𦃷

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

usage of 昇 in Simplified Chinese is limited to personal names.
trad.		昇
simp.		升/昇
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 / 形声, OC *hljɯŋ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 升 (OC *hljɯŋ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēng (sheng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹sen

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sing¹
  - Yale: sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹sen
  - MiniDict: sen^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sən⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: sying

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
Baxter	sying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiəŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəŋ/
Bernhard 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

(obsolete) rising of the sun
alternative form of 升 (shēng, “to rise; to ascend”)
alternative form of 升 (shēng, “to promote”)
used in 昇平／升平 (“peaceful”)
a surname
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 (tíshēng)
昇仙 / 升仙 (shēngxiān)
昇天 / 升天 (shēngtiān)
昇平 / 升平 (shēngpíng)
昇汞 / 升汞 (shēnggǒng)
昇華 / 升华 (shēnghuá)
東昇 / 东升 (Dōngshēng)
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 (fēishēng)
高昇 / 高升 (gāoshēng)

Japanese

Kanji

昇

(Jōyō kanji)

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(しょう)進(しん) (shōshin)
昇(しょう)降(こう) (shōkō)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
昇
のぼ(る) Grade: S
kun'yomi

IPA^(key): [no̞bo̞ɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

昇(のぼる) • (Noboru)

a male given name

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

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