升

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

• 㐼, 呏, 𡉧, 𡛈, 𢗢, 抍, 阩, 𬨠, 𣅮, 枡, 𤆭, 𥘥, 𮂶, 竔, 𮕭, 𰪮, 𥾷, 𦧌, 𭽎, 𰭰, 𮗤, 䛂, 𧿘, 𰼄, 𠦲, 𭅧, 𩫆, 𰅾, 𫧧, 𬹦, 𠧍
• 𬛲, 𰆁, 𠧌, 𦬱, 昇, 𦐒, 𧟨, 𠦿, 𰇌, 𡉼, 𮙶, 𨖲, 𫧪, 𡆼
• 𣃬, 𪣪, 𡎂, 𪣿, 陞, 陹, 𢱼, 𨕞, 𭽓, 𮫳, 𦭊, 𨌝, 𨬁

• 飛

• 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

Historical forms of the character 升
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) of a dipper, compare 斗.

升

1. 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")

2. 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").

3. 46th hexagram of the I Ching; ䷭
4. 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.

5. Used in 升平 (shēngpíng, “peaceful”).
6. (music) sharp (♯)
7. a surname

(Historical unit of measure)

• → Tocharian B: ṣank

• (litre): 公升 (gōngshēng), 市升 (shìshēng), 立升 (lìshēng)

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. rise, ascend
2. measuring box

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kun: ます (masu, 升, Jōyō); のぼる (noboru, 升る)

• IPA^(key): [ma̠sɨᵝ]

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.

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

• IPA^(key): [ma̠sɨᵝ]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiːto̞]

升(ます) or 升(チート) • (masu or chīto) 

1. (video games, Internet slang) cheat

升(しょう) • (shō) 

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

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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