昇

Stroke order

Han character edit

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

References edit

• 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

Glyph origin edit

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

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

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

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 edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to rise up

Readings edit

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

Compounds edit

• 昇進(しょうしん) (shōshin)

Proper noun edit

昇(のぼる) • (Noboru) 

1. a male given name

Hanja edit

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

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Han character edit

昇: Hán Nôm readings: thăng

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