Hanja Analyzer
昇

昇 — seung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
오를 승
Romanization
seung
English
rise, ascent; peaceful; peace
Mandarin
shēng
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
のぼ.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#826 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
日 (72, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+6607

Parts that make up 昇

  • 日 날 일 해해와 밝기, 그리고 하루와 때
  • 升 되 승

How 昇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 昇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 日, 升.

Korean example words with 昇

  • 승평昇平 Korean gloss: 나라가 태평함
  • 승계하다昇階 Korean gloss: 품계가 오르다
  • 상승하다上昇 Korean gloss: 낮은 데서 위로 올라가다
  • 승급되다昇級 Korean gloss: 급수나 등급이 오르게 되다
  • 승진하다昇進 Korean gloss: 직위의 등급이나 계급이 오르다
  • 승급되다昇給 Korean gloss: 봉급이나 급료 따위가 오르게 되다
  • 승하하다昇遐 Korean gloss: (높이는 뜻으로) 임금이나 존귀한 사람이 세상을 떠나다
  • 승격하다昇格 Korean gloss: 지위나 등급 따위가 오르다. 또는 지위나 등급 따위를 올리다
  • 상승축上昇軸 Korean gloss: 상승세의 중심
  • 승진욕昇進慾 Korean gloss: 승진하려는 욕망
  • 상승세上昇勢 Korean gloss: 위로 올라가는 기세
  • 상승액上昇額 Korean gloss: 늘어서 많아진 금액

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 昇

  • 上昇じょうしょう rising; ascending; climbing
  • 昇進しょうしん promotion; advancement; rising in rank
  • 昇格しょうかく promotion; raising of status
  • 昇給しょうきゅう salary raise
  • 上昇気流じょうしょうきりゅう ascending air current; updraft; upward trend
  • 昇級しょうきゅう promotion; advancement
  • 昇華しょうか sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
  • 昇任しょうにん promotion; advancement
  • 昇降しょうこう ascending and descending; going up and down
  • 昇順しょうじゅん ascending order
  • 昇天しょうてん ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
  • 昇汞しょうこう mercury chloride; corrosive sublimate

Other hanja read “승”

Other hanja with radical 日

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