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U+5347, 升
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5347

[U+5346]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5348]

Translingual

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Stroke order
4 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 24, +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿 (HT), four-corner 24400, composition 丿)

Derived characters

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See also

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 156, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2702
  • Dae Jaweon: page 353, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 33, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5347

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms “to rise; to promote”
“to promote; to rise”

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Qin-era bronze standard dipper measuring one (shēng) (sheng)

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) of a dipper, compare .

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • seng - literary ("to rise");
  • chin - vernacular (measuring unit).

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (26)
Final () (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter sying
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕiŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɕiəŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese
‹ sying › ‹ sying ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-təŋ/ /*s-təŋ/
English 1/10th of a dǒu ⽃斗 rise (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11300
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljɯŋ/

Definitions

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  1. to rise; to go up; to soar; to ascend (literally or figuratively)
    西西  ―  dōng shēng xī luò  ―  to rise in the east and set in the west
      ―  shēngzhí  ―  (finance) to appreciate (literally, "to rise in value")
  2. to raise; to lift; to elevate; to promote
    降機降机  ―  shēngjiàngjī  ―  elevator (literally "raising and lowering mechanism")
    老闆 [MSC, trad.]
    老板 [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎobǎn shēngle nǐde zhí. [Pinyin]
    The boss gave you a promotion (literally, "promoted your rank").
  3. 46th hexagram of the I Ching;
  4. a volume unit of measure:
    1. (historical) sheng, equal to 10 ()
    2. litre (unit of measure for volume, chiefly for liquid measure, equal to one thousandth of the cubic metre)
      常用容積單位可以LmL [MSC, trad.]
      常用容积单位可以LmL [MSC, simp.]
      Chángyòng róngjī dānwèi shēng hé háoshēng, yě kěyǐ xiě chéng L hé mL. [Pinyin]
      Commonly used volume units such as litres and millilitres can also be written as L and mL.
  5. Used in 升平 (shēngpíng, “peaceful”).
  6. (music) sharp ()
  7. a surname

Compounds

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Descendants

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(Historical unit of measure)

  • Tocharian B: ṣank

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Kanji in this term
ます
Grade: S
kun'yomi
  1. rise, ascend
  2. measuring box

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ます) (masu (counter )

  1. a volume unit, equal to 24011331 litres (approximately 1804 millilitres).
    1. a box used for measuring or serving sake in such volume.
    2. in bottled wine, it is measured in 1800 millilitres.

Etymology 2

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From the similarity of the character to the katakana チート (chīto, cheat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ます) or (チート) (masu or chīto

  1. (video games, Internet slang) cheat

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

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(しょう) (shō

  1. a unit of volume, equal to 10 () or about 1.8 liters

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (seung))

  1. ( 승): A unit of volume equivalent to about 1.8 L.

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: thăng, thưng

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