# 昇

| 昇 | U+6607, &#26119; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6607 |
| ← 昆 [U+6606] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 昈 → [U+6608] |

## Translingual
### Han character

昇 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 日竹廿 (AHT), four-corner 6044$_0$, composition ⿱日升)

#### Derived characters

* 𫢰, 𭖬, 𢛿, 𨺒, 𭦠, 焺, 𮴢, 𧖿, 𮢆, 𮸒, 髜, 𩳪, 鵿, 𬴙, 𨵒, 𦃷

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 491, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13794
* Dae Jaweon: page 852, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1490, character 9
* Unihan data for U+6607

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 昇
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 升 | *hljɯŋ |
| 昇 | *hljɯŋ |
| 陞 | *hljɯŋ |
| 抍 | *hljɯŋ, *ʔljɯŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hljɯŋ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 升 (OC *hljɯŋ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shēng (sheng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sing$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$sen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sheng
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^1$
*** Yale: shēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheng
*** Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^1$
*** Yale: sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$sen
*** MiniDict: sen$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$sen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sən⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sən⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: sying
Rime :
| Character | 昇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 識蒸切 |
| Baxter | sying |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕiŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭəŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sing$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 昇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11301 |
| Phonetic component | 升 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 升 |
| Old Chinese | /*hljɯŋ/ |

### Definitions

昇
* (obsolete) rising of the sun
* Alternative form of 升 (shēng, “to rise; to ascend”)
* Alternative form of 升 (shēng, “to promote”)
* Used in 昇平／升平 (“peaceful”).
* a surname
* Used in personal names.

### Compounds

* 四海昇平 / 四海升平
* 拔宅上昇 / 拔宅上升
* 拔宅飛昇 / 拔宅飞升
* 提昇 / 提升 (tíshēng)
* 昇仙 / 升仙 (shēngxiān)
* 昇天 / 升天 (shēngtiān)
* 昇平 / 升平 (shēngpíng)
* 昇汞 / 升汞 (shēnggǒng)
* 昇華 / 升华 (shēnghuá)
* 東昇 / 东升 (Dōngshēng)
* 歌舞昇平 / 歌舞升平 (gēwǔshēngpíng)
* 海宇昇平 / 海宇升平
* 白日昇天 / 白日升天
* 白日飛昇 / 白日飞升
* 飛昇 / 飞升
* 高昇 / 高升 (gāoshēng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to rise up

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)
* Kun: のぼる (noboru, 昇る, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 昇進(しょうしん) (shōshin)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 昇
* のぼ(る) Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* IPA: [no̞bo̞ɾɯ̟]

### Proper noun

昇(のぼる) • (Noboru)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

昇 • (seung) (hangeul 승, revised seung, McCune–Reischauer sŭng, Yale sung)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

昇: Hán Nôm readings: thăng
* to rise, ascending, or a person's first name "Thăng"