U+5347 "升" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
升
U+5347 "升" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with the core meanings of "liter" representing a unit of volume capacity as well as "to rise" or "to ascend" symbolizing upward movement or promotion. In traditional contexts, it also denotes a dry measure for grain equivalent to about one liter or two and a half pounds in historical Chinese systems. This character appears in compound words like "提升" meaning to elevate or promote, and "上升" meaning to go up or increase, reflecting its practical applications in both measurement and figurative expression. Its strokes depict a ladle or vessel, connecting its written form to its original meaning related to measuring containers in ancient China.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5347 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 升 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 升 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8D 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5347 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005347 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5347 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A4C9 |
| kCCCII | 21345B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-452A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-452A |
| kCangjie | HT |
| kCantonese | sing1 |
| kCihaiT | 214.103 |
| kCowles | 3942 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0353.040 |
| kDefinition | arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭ |
| kEACC | 21345B |
| kFanqie | 識蒸 |
| kFenn | 414C |
| kFennIndex | 447.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2440.0 |
| kGB0 | 4193 |
| kGB1 | 4193 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0897a |
| kHangul | 승:0N |
| kHanYu | 10033.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shēng(197) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10033.050:shēng |
| kHKGlyph | 0428 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0353.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10033.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0156.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-497D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A4C9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E23 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E4F3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-632E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-452A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D66 |
| kJapanese | ショウ ます のぼる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:125 |
| kJapaneseKun | MASU NOBORU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3003 |
| kKangXi | 0156.030 |
| kKorean | SUNG |
| kLau | 2818 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0581 |
| kMandarin | shēng |
| kMatthews | 5745 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2724 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007840 |
| kMorohashi | 02702 |
| kNelson | 0160 |
| kPhonetic | 1205 1340 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2443+24.2.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 24.2 |
| kSBGY | 199.39 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 74.05 8.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shēng粵sing1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0581 |
| kTang | *shiəng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 332.050:shēng |
| kTotalStrokes | 4 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thăng |
| kXerox | 245:376 |
| kXHC1983 | 1028.060:shēng |