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升
昇
shēng
1. variant of [[升<shēng>]]
2. to ascend
3. to rise in rank
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)

上升
shàngshēng
to rise
公升
gōngshēng
liter
初升
chūshēng
rising (sun, moon etc)
升任
shēngrèn
to be promoted to
升天
shēngtiān
lit. to ascend to heaven
升学
shēngxué
to enter the next grade school
升官
shēngguān
to get promoted
升市
shēngshì
rising prices
升幅
shēngfú
extent of an increase
升序
shēngxù
ascending order
升息
shēngxī
to raise interest rates
升斗
shēngdǒu
lit. liter and decaliter dry measure
升旗
shēngqí
to raise a flag
升格
shēnggé
promotion
升汞
shēnggǒng
mercuric chloride (HgCl)
升温
shēngwēn
to become hot
升级
shēngjí
to escalate (in intensity)
升职
shēngzhí
to get promoted (at work etc)
升华
shēnghuá
to sublimate
升号
shēnghào
(music) sharp (♯)

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>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

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