The kanji 昇: meaning, readings and stroke order

昇

Meaning: rise
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: のぼ（る） noboru
Strokes: 8
Radical: 日 sun, day
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lên cao, mọc (thăng)
Japanese: のぼる。たかくあがる。
Korean: 오르다, 떠오르다 (승)
Chinese: 上升、升起

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading

上じょう昇しょう
rise, going up
気温が急に 上じょう昇しょうしました。
The temperature suddenly went up.

のぼ（る） noboru · kun reading

昇のぼる
to rise (up)
東の空に日が 昇のぼります。
The sun rises in the eastern sky.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.