升

Information about character(s)

Radical: 十
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 4
Variants: 昇

Pronunciation

Pinyin: shēng
Cantonese: sing1
JapaneseKun: MASU NOBORU
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: SUNG
Vietnamese: thăng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: arise, go up; hoist; advance

CE-Dict: to raise/to hoist/to promote/metric liter (also written 公升)/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to ascend; to promote; to rise

1.to ascend
2.peaceful

1.a unit of volume measure equal to one liter
2.to rise
3.to hoist; to raise
4.to promote; to elevate

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: literI計量 - 容積單位litreI計量
rising - 天

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: ascend; litre; promote; rise
【計】 litre
【化】 liter; litre
【醫】 L.; liter; litre
【經】 kick

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: ascend; litre; promote; rise

湘雅醫學專業詞典: liter;litre

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《斗部》升十龠也。从斗，亦象形。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【十字部】升
【唐韻】識蒸切【集韻】【韻會】書蒸切，𠀤音陞。【說文】籥也。十合爲升。【前漢·律歷志】升者，登合之量也。古升上徑一寸，下徑六分，其深八分。龠十爲合，合十爲升。又成也。【禮·樂記】男女無辨則亂升。又【廣韻】布八十縷爲升。【禮·雜記】朝服十五升。又卦名。【易·升卦】升元亨，用見大人，勿恤，南征吉。又降之對也。【書·畢命】道有升降。【註】猶言有隆有汙也。又登也，進也。【詩·小雅】如日之升。【易·坎象】天險不可升也。又【前漢·梅福傳】民有三年之儲曰升平。

Han-De-Dict: Liter (u.E.)