Memory phrase for the character: 昇

昇

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Meaning

rise up, raising, ascent, promote

Pronunciation

 SHŌ
noboru

Explanation

 Top: sunrise 旦 (sun above horizon 一), bottom: measure of volume 升 (three upward directed strokes ノ亅丨

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

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 rises above the horizon 一.
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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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