昇

昇 · shēng

rise, ascent; peaceful; peace

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
shēng
Cantonese
sing1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

rise, ascent; peaceful; peace

Dictionary definitions & readings

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

昇 shēng · (used as a surname and in given names)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21490.090:shēng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1028.051:shēng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
332.080:shēng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
shēng粵sing1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ショウ のぼる のぼせる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
승:0E Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
thăng Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
識蒸 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
AHT Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6044.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0491.020 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
199.40 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0897c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6607
Radical
日 · 72
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
4
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6674

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

8 strokes
昇
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 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 7614; 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
630.301
kCowles
3943
kDaeJaweon
0852.100
kFennIndex
447.03
kGSR
0897c
kHanYu
21490.090
kIRGDaeJaweon
0852.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21490.090
kIRGKangXi
0491.020
kKangXi
0491.020
kLau
2819
kMatthews
5746
kMeyerWempe
2726
kMorohashi
13794 13794:E0101
kNelson
2109
kSBGY
199.40
kSMSZD2003Index
289.05
kCangjie
AHT
kFenn
414C
kFourCornerCode
6044.0
kHKGlyph
1771
kMojiJoho
MJ013190 MJ013190:E0101 MJ059678:E0102
kPhonetic
1205
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKP
kIRG_GSource
GKX-0491.02
kIRG_HSource
HB1-AA40
kIRG_JSource
J0-3E3A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E4F5
kIRG_KSource
K0-6330
kIRG_TSource
T1-4E23
kIRG_VSource
V1-5850
kRSUnicode
72.4
kTotalStrokes
8
kBigFive
AA40
kCCCII
223768
kCNS1986
1-4E23
kCNS1992
1-4E23
kEACC
2D345B
kJis0
3026
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kMainlandTelegraph
2573
kTGH
2013:6674
kTaiwanTelegraph
2573
kXerox
255:353
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2466+72.4.4
kCantonese
sing1
kDefinition
rise, ascent; peaceful; peace
kFanqie
識蒸
kHangul
승:0E
kHanyuPinyin
21490.090:shēng
kJapanese
ショウ のぼる のぼせる
kJapaneseKun
NOBORU
kJapaneseOn
SHOU
kKorean
SUNG
kMandarin
shēng
kSMSZD2003Readings
shēng粵sing1
kTGHZ2013
332.080:shēng
kTang
*shiəng
kVietnamese
thăng
kXHC1983
1028.051:shēng

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Structure & connections

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9dictionary records using 昇0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱日升$(GHTJKPV)

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