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昇: rise up

JLPT N28 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 升 gives the sound

8 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 昇降口しょうこうぐちentrance, hatch
  • 昇給するしょうきゅうするget a raise
  • 昇格するしょうかくするbe promoted (to higher status)
  • 昇進するしょうしんするbe promoted (to higher position)
  • 昇級するしょうきゅうするbe promoted (to higher grade)
  • 昇天するしょうてんするdie, ascend to heaven
  • 上昇するじょうしょうするrise, ascend, climb

のぼるnoboru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 昇るのぼるrise, ascend, climb

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
More in the 日 sun story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

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升

Also built on measuring box (升)

昇 takes the 升 family's reading, ショウ (shou).

Also read ショウ

90 kanji share this on'yomiAll 90

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
昇 rise up · 升
vs昔 once upon a time · 廾
昇 has 升 where 昔 has 廾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shēng

Same form: 昇 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
昇 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
昇 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shēng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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