shēng HSK3

ascend, rise

Pictograph of a spoon with something inside it. Spoons are used to lift things up.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

Meaning (2)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyings-təŋ 1/10th of a dǒu 斗
syings-təŋ rise (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“升,十龠也。从斗,亦象形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shēng rise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
SoundMeaning component
shēng ascend, rise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanghljɯŋ
Unicodeshiəng

說文解字

《說文新附》:“昇,日上也。从日,升聲。古只用升。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

shēng rise Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. and represent the meaning while represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
hill, place
SoundMeaning component
shēng ascend, rise
Meaning component
earth

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyings-təŋ rise (v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart