昇 – rise up

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#826 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 昇 means rise up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is のぼ.る (noboru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	のぼ.る	noboru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: ノ・日・廾・十.

Words using 昇

昇るのぼるto ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun)上昇じょうしょうrising昇進しょうしんpromotion

Example sentences

機は急角度で上昇し、それから海岸を離れるにつれて水平飛行に移った。

The plane rose sharply before leveling off as it left the coast.

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彼は課長に昇進した。

He was promoted to section chief.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普星曜暮晴

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