陞

陞 · shēng

promote, rise, ascend

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shēng
Cantonese
sing1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

promote, rise, ascend

Dictionary definitions & readings

陞 shēng · to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 shēng); to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 shēng)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1028.052:shēng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
332.100:shēng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shēng粵sing1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ のぼる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
승:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
thăng Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
識蒸 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NLHTG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7421.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1351.150 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
199.41 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0897d Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+965E
Radical
阜 · 170
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6909

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
陞
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
sying · 識蒸 · 曾開三平蒸書 · #955

PHONO-ML, source line 7615; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1422.201
kCowles
3944
kDaeJaweon
1853.260
kFennIndex
447.04
kGSR
0897d
kHanYu
64132.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1853.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64132.010
kIRGKangXi
1351.150
kKangXi
1351.150
kLau
2820
kMatthews
5747
kMeyerWempe
2725
kMorohashi
41658
kNelson
4989
kSBGY
199.41
kSMSZD2003Index
751.07
kCangjie
NLHTG
kFenn
414D
kFourCornerCode
7421.4
kMojiJoho
MJ027595
kPhonetic
1205
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
ATJHKP
kIRG_GSource
G8-2F67
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B0A5
kIRG_JSource
J0-6F7E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E4F8
kIRG_KSource
K0-6333
kIRG_TSource
T1-5868
kIRG_VSource
V1-6B28
kRSUnicode
170.7
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
B0A5
kCCCII
39345B
kCNS1986
1-5868
kCNS1992
1-5868
kEACC
39345B
kGB8
1571
kJis0
7994
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7105
kTGH
2013:6909
kTaiwanTelegraph
7105
kXerox
262:367
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7097+170.3.7
kCantonese
sing1
kDefinition
promote, rise, ascend
kFanqie
識蒸
kHangul
승:0N
kJapanese
ショウ のぼる
kJapaneseKun
NOBORU
kJapaneseOn
SHOU
kKorean
SUNG
kMandarin
shēng
kSMSZD2003Readings
shēng粵sing1
kTGHZ2013
332.100:shēng
kVietnamese
thăng
kXHC1983
1028.052:shēng

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 陞0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
阝 beside 𡉼 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰阝𡉼$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰阝𡉼$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.