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See also: 昇 and 陞

Stroke order
4 strokes

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

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2702
  • Dae Jaweon: page 353, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 33, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5347
simp. and trad.
 升
alternative forms 昇 “to rise; to promote”
陞 “to rise; to promote”
斘
Qin-era bronze standard dipper measuring one 升 (shēng) (sheng)
Old Chinese
升 *hljɯŋ
昇 *hljɯŋ
陞 *hljɯŋ
抍 *hljɯŋ, *ʔljɯŋʔ

Pictogram (象形) of a dipper, compare 斗.

Note:

  • seng - literary ("to rise");
  • chin - vernacular (measuring unit).
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/

Wikipedia has articles on:

升

  1. a volume unit of measure:
    1. (historical) sheng, equal to 10 合 (hé)
    2. litre (unit of measure for volume, chiefly for liquid measure, equal to one thousandth of the cubic metre)
      常用容積單位升和毫升，也可以寫成L和mL。 [MSC, trad.]
      常用容积单位升和毫升，也可以写成L和mL。 [MSC, simp.]
      Chángyòng róngjī dānwèi shēng hé háoshēng, yě kěyǐ xiě chéng L hé mL. [Pinyin]
      Commonly used volume units such as litres and millilitres can also be written as L and mL.
  2. to rise; to go up; to soar; to ascend (literally or figuratively)
    東升西落／东升西落  ―  dōng shēng xī luò  ―  to rise in the east and set in the west
    升值  ―  shēngzhí  ―  (finance) to appreciate (literally, "to rise in value")
  3. to raise; to lift; to elevate; to promote
    升降機／升降机  ―  shēngjiàngjī  ―  elevator (literally "raising and lowering mechanism")
    老闆升了你的職。 [MSC, trad.]
    老板升了你的职。 [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎobǎn shēngle nǐde zhí. [Pinyin]
    The boss gave you a promotion (literally, "promoted your rank").
  4. 46th hexagram of the I Ching; ䷭
  5. Used in 升平 (shēngpíng, “peaceful”).
  6. (music) sharp (♯)
  7. a surname

(Historical unit of measure)

升

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. rise, ascend
  2. measuring box
Kanji in this term
升
ます
Grade: S
kun'yomi

升(ます) • (masu)  (counter 升)

  1. a volume unit, equal to 2401⁄1331 litres (approximately 1804 millilitres).
    1. a box used for measuring or serving sake in such volume.
    2. in bottled wine, it is measured in 1800 millilitres.
Kanji in this term
升
しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

升(しょう) • (shō) 

  1. a unit of volume, equal to 10 合 (gō) or about 1.8 liters

From the similarity of the character to the katakana チート (chīto, “cheat”).

升(ます) or 升(チート) • (masu or chīto) 

  1. (video games, Internet slang) cheat

升 (eum 승 (seung))

  1. (되 승): A unit of volume equivalent to about 1.8 L.

升: Hán Nôm readings: thăng, thưng

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