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昇

shēng

Character

What 昇 means

1. (used as a surname and in given names)

Words containing 昇

• 毕昇Bì ShēngBi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type
• 韩昇洙Hán Shēng zhūHan Seung-soo (1936-), South Korean diplomat and politician, prime minister 2008-2009

Characters that look like 昇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 界jiè(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
• 昂ángto lift; to raise; to raise one's head
• 弄nòngto do; to manage; to handle
• 券quànbond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract…
• 岑cénsmall hill
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞

Sounds the same

Read shēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 声sound; voice; tone
• 升to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter
• 牲domestic animal; sacrificial animal
• 笙sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes
• 甥(bound form) sister's son; nephew
• 泩rising of water
• 鼪stoat; weasel
• 呏gallon; quart
• 曻variant of 升