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升
陞
shēng
1. variant of [[升<shēng>]]
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

升
shēng
to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
HSK 5 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

高升
gāoshēng
to get a promotion
升腾
shēngténg
to rise
厘升
líshēng
centiliter
回升
huíshēng
to rise again after a fall
微升
wēishēng
microliter
提升
tíshēng
to promote
擢升
zhuóshēng
to promote (sb)
攀升
pānshēng
to clamber up
升值
shēngzhí
to rise in value
升空
shēngkōng
to rise to the sky
升调
shēngdiào
rising tone (phonetics, e.g. on a question in English)
升降
shēngjiàng
rising and lowering
升高
shēnggāo
to raise
晋升
jìnshēng
to promote to a higher position
HSK 6
毫升
háoshēng
milliliter
爬升
páshēng
to rise
毕升
BìShēng
Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type
窜升
cuànshēng
to rise rapidly
调升
diàoshēng
to promote
超升
chāoshēng
exaltation

Alternate Entries

升
shēng
to ascend / to rise to the rank of / to promote / to hoist / liter / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou [[斗<dǒu>]]
HSK 5
升
shēng
variant of [[升<shēng>]] / to ascend / to rise in rank
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
836
Word Frequency Rank
2,338 of 84,292