昇
shēng HSK3

rise

升 shēng frequency
variant 昇
to rise verb
to move upward; to hoist; to go up; to ascend (e.g. onto a platform or into a hall)

太阳为什么会升起来？

tài​yang wèi​shén​me huì shēng qǐ lai?

Why does the Sun rise?

升 shēng
variants 昇,陞
to promote verb
to raise in rank, grade, or level; to advance

微笑的人看上去更加自信，升职的可能性更大，更容易让人接近。

wēi​xiào de rén kàn​shang​qu gèng​jiā zì​xìn, shēng zhí de kě​néng​xìng gèng dà, gèng róng​yì ràng rén jiē​jìn.

Smiling people are more approachable, appear more confident, and are more likely to be promoted.

昇 shēng
to rise
To move upward; to ascend; to hoist.
[surname]
Used as a surname or in given names.
Sheng
(bound form) The 46th hexagram of the I Ching, representing pushing upward.
to promote
To advance in rank or grade; to upgrade.
liter
A unit of liquid volume, also known as a sheng.

Frequency
Character
Written text
837th most common 212.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,061st most common 93.1 per million appears in 35% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
26.4 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
119.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
升
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+6607

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)