Memory phrase for the Kanji: 昇


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Meaning

rise up, raising, ascent, promote

Pronunciation

SHŌ
noboru

Explanation

Top: sunrise (sun above horizon ), bottom: measure of volume (three upward directed strokes

Mnemonic

Like a sunrise is this slope directing upwards: An ascent.

Radicals

day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
sun rise
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Vocabulary

 昇格  しょうかく  promotion
 上昇  じょうしょう  rising, ascending, climbing
 昇る  のぼる  to arise, to ascend, to go up
 昇進  しょうしん  promotion


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