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Kanji Detail for 升 - "measure, rise, ascend"
升
- Meaning
升 means "measure, rise, ascend."
Measure - A unit for measuring volume.
Rise - To go up; to ascend.
Sho - A traditional unit of volume.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
measuring box; 1.8 liter
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A measure name. Ten 合 equals one 升. There are two types: square and round. | Opposite of 降 (descend). To advance. Such as 升堂入室, meaning progress in learning. See (Analects). Advancement in official rank is also called 升.
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