昇
shēng HSK3

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 19, 2022, 04:23 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 19, 2022, 04:23 AM

升

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 升 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
升
升 SoundMeaning component

Character Evolution

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

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
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)