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Kanji Detail for 昇 - "to rise, to climb"

昇

  • Meaning

    昇 means "to rise, to climb."

    1. Rise - To go up; to ascend.

    2. Climb - To mount; to scale.

    3. Promotion - Advancement in rank.

  • Words using 昇

    • 上昇 じょうしょう Listen rising; ascending; climbing
    • 昇格 しょうかく Listen promotion; raising of status
    • 昇給 しょうきゅう Listen salary raise

  • Four-character idioms with 昇

    • 旭日昇天 きょくじつしょうてん Listen full of vigor and vitality (like the rising sun); in the ascendant

  • Tattoo check: 昇

    • Verified meaning: to rise, to climb
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつざき, しゅん, しょう, しょうさく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 昇

    Given names 昇(しゅん)Listen 昇(しょう)Listen 昇(しょうし)Listen 昇(しょうしょう)Listen 昇(すすむ)Listen 昇(のぼる)Listen 昇(ひたく)Listen 昇(まい)Listen

    Surnames 昇(かつざき)Listen 昇(しょうさく)Listen 昇(しょうじ)Listen 昇(のぼり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rise up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rise, ascent; peaceful; peace

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]); to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    rise, ascent; to raise, to exalt

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The sun rising. Now used the same as 升. Any upward advancement is called 昇.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nobo.ru(のぼ-る) のぼ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to rise to climb ascend elevate soar mount lift advancement promotion progress grow increase escalate surge

Sentences including 昇

  • It's great that you got the promotion.

  • The sun was about to come up.

  • I'm anxious for a promotion.

  • The sun is coming up.

  • It will not be long before the sun rises.

  • She put in for a raise.

  • The moon is risen.

  • The sun is rising.

  • The sun is about to rise.

  • The sun will come up soon.

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