shēng
ascend, rise
Pictograph of a spoon with something inside it. Spoons are used to lift things up.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 升
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to ascend | ||
to rise | ||
to promote | ||
helicopter | ||
to be promoted |
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